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escheater

escheater is the alternative form of escheator.

Meaning of escheator

Noun

escheator (plural escheators)

  1. (England, Wales) A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects.

Forms of escheater

pluralescheaters

Questions about escheater

What is escheater the alternative form of?
Escheater is the alternative form of escheator.

Words near escheater in the dictionary

  1. escheat
  2. escheatable
  3. escheatage
  4. escheatages
  5. escheated
  6. escheater
  7. escheaters
  8. escheatery
  9. escheating
  10. escheatment
  11. escheatments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: escheater (page history and authors); escheator (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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