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possessioner en · NOUN

Etymology

From possession + -er.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A possessor; a holder of property.
   • having been of old freemen and possessioners a. 1587, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “(please specify the folio)”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC:
   • 1568-1569, Richard Grafton, Chronicle at Large possessioners of riches.
2. (derogatory, obsolete) A member of any religious community endowed with property in lands, buildings, etc., as contrasted with mendicant friars.

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