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Meanings of possessor in English

Portuguese
proprietário
Catalan
amo
Spanish
amo

A person who owns something.

proprietário
Usage of possessor in English
1
The possessor of the name was in love, and did not reflect.
Evan Harrington — Complete
2
One imagines the artist consulting with the proud possessor of the house.
They and I
3
She is the possessor of a large fortune in her own right.
West Wind Drift
4
Giggleswick is also the proud possessor of a school founded in 1512.
Yorkshire
5
The ring signifies to the possessor marriage, and the key a journey.
The Book of Hallowe'en
6
The present possessor of the rock castle has had the figure restored.
Cliff Castles and Cave Dwellings of Europe
7
We have no viable method of purging a body of its possessor.
The Neutronium Alchemist
8
With a dreadful curse upon the possessor of the ring Alberich flies.
The Standard Operaglass / Detailed Plots of One Hundred and Fift...
9
In society, high advantages are set down to the possessor as disadvantages.
Essays — Second Series
10
But wealth does not make the possessor more attractive to the girls.
Unknown Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2) / A Record of Five Years' Explor...
11
From now on, the possessor of this seal was the legitimate ruler.
A History of China
12
Baroness von Ebenstreit is the lawful possessor of this house and furniture.
Old Fritz and the New Era
13
He stopped to listen and measure the possessor of that musical wonder.
From Boyhood to Manhood: Life of Benjamin Franklin
14
He was the proud possessor of a wife and three pretty babies.
With Those Who Wait
15
He had died because he was the possessor of a fatal secret.
The Champdoce Mystery
16
Will was the possessor of a different nature from his three chums.
The Outdoor Chums on the Gulf; Or, Rescuing the Lost Balloonists
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United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Rare