possessor

Definition of possessornext
as in owner
one who has a legal or rightful claim to ownership she was the possessor of several acres of land in the country

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Noun
  • Browns Cleveland boasts an elite defense led by the league’s best pass rusher, an owner who spends more cash than any other team and a promising nucleus from the 2025 draft class.
    Jacob Robinson, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • On Sunday, a Miami-Dade Circuit Court judge dismissed several parts of the lawsuit by Nikki Beach’s owners while allowing other parts to move forward.
    Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The proprietors plan to split the space into areas where influencers can create content utilizing the natural light in the front, a study area in the middle and a quiet section in the back.
    Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Having blurted out my enthusiasm for all things James Joyce (hardly original among visitors to Dublin), I was promptly steered in the direction of PJ Murphy, proprietor and presiding genius of Sweny’s, a former pharmacy on Lombard Street, not far from the hotel.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2026
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“Possessor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/possessor. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.

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