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单词 possessor
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Definition of possessor in English:

possessor

noun pəˈzɛsəpəˈzɛsər
  • 1A person who owns something or has a particular quality.

    拥有人,所有人

    his father was the possessor of a considerable fortune

    他父亲是一大笔财产的所有人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The copy is supposed to resemble the original (or the spirit of the original) in order to capture the real and to convey the essence of the subject depicted or of its possessor.
    • But the certainty of retaliation and mass destruction has kept nuclear weapons possessors from using them.
    • Charm is a curse that protects its possessors from the hard lessons of life.
    • I am the proud possessor of three fine specimens.
    • And, before I knew it, I was the proud possessor of a zillion raffle coupons!
    • No, I am not a citizen of this country, but I am a possessor of a visa which allows me to stay here and write for newspapers and various publications.
    • As the proud possessor of a relatively mild autoimmune disease, I sure hope this works.
    • I have concocted all kinds of ways in which I would be able to snatch this love away from its current possessor.
    • While there he represented the Westmorland Schools XV and was the proud possessor of one of only three caps awarded by the school in 1925.
    • He is the possessor of secrets, the man of self-discipline; he has a ‘knowingness’ of culture, politics, business.
    • Someone, somewhere is the possessor of a very fertile imagination.
    • History shows that since the arrival of Africans on American shores, some black Americans have been free, self-employed, and possessors of considerable wealth.
    • It's also traditional in such circumstances for the possessor of a wicked and/or warped comedy mind to express bafflement that said mind actually belongs to them.
    • With his Scottish bride in tow, the proud possessor of a chemistry degree from Glasgow University, the young Oriental had set his heart on founding Japan's first whisky distillery.
    • Should you be the proud possessor of a ‘work bag’ or some other receptacle you could not do without feel free to join in.
    • However, I was a proud possessor of a free rations medal.
    • At the time, there was a rule that students could not bring radios to school, and the officials had been enforcing the rule with great vigor, seizing radios and punishing their possessors.
    • He is also the possessor of the loosest mouth in politics.
    1. 1.1Law A person who takes, occupies, or holds something without necessarily having ownership, or as distinguished from the owner.
      〔律〕占有人,持有人
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But for all other articles, including most knives, the onus is on the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the possessor intends to use it to cause injury.
      • It is clear, however, that a right which is not opposable by the possessor of the right against the person from whom the right is due is not a right in the full legal sense.
      • The wrongful acts of a previous possessor do not therefore diminish the plaintiff's claim in respect of the wrongful acts of a later possessor.
      • He said that the law which defined the liability of the possessor of land in cases of that kind had been settled for many years.
      • Except in the case of joint possessors, possession is single and exclusive.

Derivatives

  • possessory

  • adjective pəˈzɛsəripəˈzɛs(ə)ri
    • To take account of this, the system provides for a possessory title to be upgraded to absolute title after it has been registered for 12 years.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The screenwriters union wants to eliminate the so called possessory credit, ‘A film by…,’ saying it relegates writers to a secondary status within the industry.
      • The trial decision is about equitable possessory title and the court of appeal said that doesn't exist.
      • The fact that the defendants and their predecessor believed that they owned the property does not preclude them from obtaining possessory title.
      • The enforcement of the possessory assizes and measures against crime was now entrusted to royal justices, sent out on eyre (from Latin iter, a journey) to act as the king's agents.

Rhymes

addresser, aggressor, assessor, compressor, confessor, contessa, depressor, digresser, dresser, guesser, intercessor, lesser, Odessa, oppressor, professor, represser, successor, transgressor, Vanessa

Definition of possessor in US English:

possessor

nounpəˈzɛsərpəˈzesər
  • 1A person who owns something or has a particular quality.

    拥有人,所有人

    his father was the possessor of a considerable fortune

    他父亲是一大笔财产的所有人。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Someone, somewhere is the possessor of a very fertile imagination.
    • He is the possessor of secrets, the man of self-discipline; he has a ‘knowingness’ of culture, politics, business.
    • He is also the possessor of the loosest mouth in politics.
    • It's also traditional in such circumstances for the possessor of a wicked and/or warped comedy mind to express bafflement that said mind actually belongs to them.
    • As the proud possessor of a relatively mild autoimmune disease, I sure hope this works.
    • History shows that since the arrival of Africans on American shores, some black Americans have been free, self-employed, and possessors of considerable wealth.
    • The copy is supposed to resemble the original (or the spirit of the original) in order to capture the real and to convey the essence of the subject depicted or of its possessor.
    • Should you be the proud possessor of a ‘work bag’ or some other receptacle you could not do without feel free to join in.
    • I am the proud possessor of three fine specimens.
    • Charm is a curse that protects its possessors from the hard lessons of life.
    • No, I am not a citizen of this country, but I am a possessor of a visa which allows me to stay here and write for newspapers and various publications.
    • However, I was a proud possessor of a free rations medal.
    • At the time, there was a rule that students could not bring radios to school, and the officials had been enforcing the rule with great vigor, seizing radios and punishing their possessors.
    • With his Scottish bride in tow, the proud possessor of a chemistry degree from Glasgow University, the young Oriental had set his heart on founding Japan's first whisky distillery.
    • And, before I knew it, I was the proud possessor of a zillion raffle coupons!
    • While there he represented the Westmorland Schools XV and was the proud possessor of one of only three caps awarded by the school in 1925.
    • I have concocted all kinds of ways in which I would be able to snatch this love away from its current possessor.
    • But the certainty of retaliation and mass destruction has kept nuclear weapons possessors from using them.
    1. 1.1Law A person who takes, occupies, or holds something without necessarily having ownership, or as distinguished from the owner.
      〔律〕占有人,持有人
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He said that the law which defined the liability of the possessor of land in cases of that kind had been settled for many years.
      • But for all other articles, including most knives, the onus is on the prosecution to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the possessor intends to use it to cause injury.
      • The wrongful acts of a previous possessor do not therefore diminish the plaintiff's claim in respect of the wrongful acts of a later possessor.
      • It is clear, however, that a right which is not opposable by the possessor of the right against the person from whom the right is due is not a right in the full legal sense.
      • Except in the case of joint possessors, possession is single and exclusive.
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