Other forms: possessors
A possessor is somebody who has or owns something. The possessor of the title, its rightful possessor, possessor of a fine voice.
In law it is a precise term and not the same as owner, since a possessor holds a thing and an owner has the right to it, and the two can be different people. In ordinary use it is a formal way of saying somebody has something.
1nounpossessorSomebody who has or owns something.
“She is the proud possessor of a signed first edition of the novel.”
possessor is a holder.
Proto-Indo-European
*sed-
Proto-Indo-European
*pótis — master; ruler; husband
Latin
possessus — possessed; seized
Old French
possesser
Middle French
possesser
Middle English
possessen — to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy
English
possess
English, today
possessor
Built from
From possess + -or. possess comes from Middle English possessen (“to have, own; to obtain possession of; to inhabit, occupy”)posses, possess, possesse, from Middle French possesser, possessier, Old French possesser, possessier (“to have, own, possess; to dominate”), from Latin possessus (“possessed; seized”), the perfect passive participle of possideō (“to have, hold, own, possess; to have possessions; to take control or possession of, occupy, seize; to abide, inhabit, occupy; to dominate”), from potis (“able, capable, possible”) (from Proto-Indo-European pótis (“master; ruler; husband”)) + sedeō (“to sit; to be seated; to be established, hold firm”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European sed- (“to sit”)).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA