parcener

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noun

A coheir, a coparcener

OriginMiddle English parcener ← Old French parçonier ← Latin partītiō, partītiōnem →
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Meanings

nounparcener (plural parceners)

plural parceners

  1. obsoletelawA coheir, a coparcener

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
coparcener

Origin

  1. Latinpartītiō, partītiōnem“division”
  2. Old Frenchparçonier
  3. Middle Englishparcener
  4. Englishparcener

From Middle English parcener, from Old French parçonier, from parçon (“part, portion, share, division”), from Latin partītiō, partītiōnem (“division”), from partīre, from pars. See partition and compare partner. By surface analysis, parcen + -er.

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APA

parcener. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcener

MLA

“parcener.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcener. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parcener,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parcener.

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