Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who possesses; one who has or enjoys anything; one who owns; one who holds, occupies, or controls any species of property, real or personal.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who possesses; one who occupies, holds, owns, or controls; one who has actual participation or enjoyment, generally of that which is desirable; a proprietor.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Agent noun of possess; one who possesses.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a person who owns something

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possess +‎ -or

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