possessor

English

Alternative forms

• possesser
• possessour (obsolete)

Etymology

From possess +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [pʰəˈzɛsə(ɹ)]

• Audio (US):

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Noun

possessor (plural possessors)

1. Agent noun of possess; one who possesses

   Antonym: (linguistics) possessum

   • 1998, Dan M. Kahan, Tracey L. Meares, “Law and (Norms of) Order in the Inner City)”, in Law and Society, number 32, page 825:

     When students fear that their peers will report them, they are less likely to display their guns; when students are reluctant to display them, guns become less valuable for conveying information about attitudes and intentions. In addition, the perception that onlookers are willing to sell out possessors counteracts the inference that possessors enjoy high status among their peers.

Translations

One who possesses

• Arabic: صَاحِب m (ṣāḥib), صَاحِبَة f (ṣāḥiba), ذُو (ar) m (ḏū), ذَات f (ḏāt), حَائِز m (ḥāʔiz), مَالِك (ar) m (mālik)
• Azerbaijani: sahib (az)
• Bashkir: хужа (xuja), эйә (eyə)
• Bulgarian: притежател (bg) m (pritežatel), собственик (bg) m (sobstvenik)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 所有人 (zh) (suǒyǒurén), 持有人 (zh) (chíyǒurén)

• Czech: vlastník (cs) m, majitel (cs) m
• Dutch: bezitter (nl) m
• Finnish: haltija (fi)
• French: possesseur (fr) m, possessrice (fr) f
• German: Besitzer (de) m, Inhaber (de) m
• Greek:

  Ancient: κτήτωρ m (ktḗtōr)

• Hungarian: birtokos (hu)
• Indonesian: pemilik (id)
• Japanese: 所有者 (ja) (しょゆうしゃ, shoyūsha)
• Korean: 소유주 (soyuju), 점유자 (jeomyuja)
• Latin: possessor m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Besitter m

• Macedonian: со́пственик m (sópstvenik), и́мател m (ímatel), по́седник m (pósednik)
• Norman: possesseu m (Jersey)
• Old English: āgendfrēa (lord)
• Ottoman Turkish: صاحب (sâhib)
• Portuguese: possuidor (pt) m, possessor (pt) m
• Russian: владе́лец (ru) m (vladélec), владе́лица (ru) f (vladélica), облада́тель (ru) m (obladátelʹ), облада́тельница (ru) f (obladátelʹnica)
• Spanish: posesor (es) m
• Turkish: iye (tr), elmen, sahip (tr), malik (tr)
• Welsh: meddiannydd m
• Zazaki: wayır (diq) c, waher c

Latin

Etymology

From possessus +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /posˈses.sor/, [pɔs̠ˈs̠ɛs̠ːɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /posˈses.sor/, [posˈsɛsːor]

Noun

possessor m (genitive possessōris, feminine possestrīx); third declension

1. possessor, owner
2. occupier

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	possessor	possessōrēs
genitive	possessōris	possessōrum
dative	possessōrī	possessōribus
accusative	possessōrem	possessōrēs
ablative	possessōre	possessōribus
vocative	possessor	possessōrēs

Descendants

• Catalan: possessor
• English: possessor
• French: possesseur
• Galician: posesor
• Italian: possessore
• Occitan: possessor
• Portuguese: possessor
• Spanish: posesor

References

• “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “possessor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• possessor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Polish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Northern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/
  • (Eastern Greater Poland) IPA^(key): /pɔsˈsɛs.sɔr/

Noun

possessor m pers

1. (Northern Greater Poland, Eastern Greater Poland) Synonym of dzierżawca

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1877) “possessor”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 35

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin possessor.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoʁ/ [po.seˈsoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /po.seˈsoɻ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.sɨˈsoɾ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.sɨˈsoɾ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pu.sɨˈso.ɾi/

• Hyphenation: pos‧ses‧sor

Noun

possessor m (plural possessores, feminine possessora, feminine plural possessoras)

1. possessor; owner (one who possesses)

   Synonyms: possuidor, dono

Related terms

• possessivo
• possuir

Further reading

• “possessor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025