Meanings
noundispossessor (plural dispossessors)
plural dispossessors
- One who dispossesses.
the Heirs (blessed be God) are yet surviving, and likely to outlive all Heirs of their dispossessors
1661, Abraham Cowley, A Discourse by Way of Vision Concerning the Government of Oliver Cromwell1 more example
Europeans take possession of Native Aerican lands, to be sure, but at the same time, Native Americans take supernatural possession of their dispossessors.
2000, Renée L. Bergland, The National Uncanny: Indian Ghosts and American Subjects, →ISBN, page 3
Origin
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dispossessor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispossessor
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“dispossessor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dispossessor. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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