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excheator

excheator is the obsolete 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 excheator

pluralexcheators

Questions about excheator

What is excheator the obsolete form of?
Excheator is the obsolete form of escheator.

Words near excheator in the dictionary

  1. exchanging of contracts
  2. exchanging vows
  3. Exchangite
  4. Exchangites
  5. excheat
  6. excheator
  7. excheators
  8. excheats
  9. exchecker
  10. excheckers
  11. exchequer

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