different between possessor vs possesser

English

Alternative forms

• possesser
• possessour (obsolete)

Etymology

possess +? -or

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /p??z?s??/

Noun

possessor (plural possessors)

1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses

   Antonym: (linguistics) possessum

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From possessus +? -tor

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pos?ses.sor/, [p?s??s??s???r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pos?ses.sor/, [p?s?s?s??r]

Noun

possessor m (genitive possess?ris, feminine possestr?x); third declension

1. possessor, owner
2. occupier

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Descendants

References

• possessor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• possessor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin possessor.

Noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)

1. possessor; owner (one who possesses)

   Synonyms: possuidor, dono

Related terms

• possessivo
• possuir

Further reading

• “possessor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

English

Noun

possesser (plural possessers)

1. Alternative form of possessor

Anagrams

• espressos, repossess

Middle French

Etymology

Old French possessier, from Latin possessum, the supine of posside?.

Verb

possesser

1. to possess

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

References