possessor

noun

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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Recent Examples of possessor Tasty-morsel entrepreneurship stands in here for a modern kind of Protestant work ethic, but gets sprinkled with the sense that cuteness, like beauty for older women, is a commodity in itself that the possessor can exploit to their own advantage. — Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for possessor
  1. owner
  2. proprietor
Noun
  • Miami Heat owner Micky Arison will soon be able to add to his resume in the basketball world.
    — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026
  • After much trial and error developing his burger, owner Skip Wahl decided to go with a 50-50 chuck-sirloin blend, 85 percent lean, and double emulsified for a silkier texture.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026
Definition of owner
Noun
  • The raunchy stand-up comedian made his unexpected TV debut playing a junkyard and salvage business proprietor prone to get-rich-quick schemes and faking heart attacks.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 17 July 2026
  • Hiddleston relies on professors, scholars, archaeologists and psychologists to piece together what happened to a teenage blacksmith apprentice, a businesswoman/bathhouse proprietor and an unidentified Praetorian guard.
    — Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 16 July 2026
Definition of proprietor

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