sequestrator

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/ˈsiːkwəstɹeɪtə(ɹ)/

noun

One who sequesters.

Scrabble 21

Meanings

nounsequestrator (plural sequestrators)

plural sequestrators

  1. One who sequesters.

    […] for it is a ſure ſtock, not ſubject to the corruption of Moth and Ruſt, or the violence of Thieves and Robbers, but beyond the Reach of Rumps, Devils, or Sequeſtrators.

    1661, Lewis Griffin, Essayes and Characters, page 91
    1 more example

    […] I am fallen into the hands of Publicans and Sequeſtrators, and they have taken all from me, vvhat novv? let me look about me. They have left me the Sun and the Moon, Fire and vvater, a loving vvife, and many friends to pity me, and ſome to relieve me, […]

    1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “Of Christian Sobriety”, in The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], →OCLC, section VI (Of Contentedness in All Estates and Accidents), page 140

    Synonyms: segregationist

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who sequesters.

Origin

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Chicago

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