Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for POS-SESS'OR
POS-SESS'OR, n.
- An occupant; one that has possession; a person who holds in his hands or power any species of property, real or personal. The owner or proprietor of property is the permanent possessor by legal right; the lessee of land and the bailee of goods are temporary possessors by right; the disseizor of land and the thief are wrongful possessors.
- One that has, holds or enjoys any good or other thing. Think of the happiness of the prophets and apostles, saints and martyrs, possessors of eternal glory. – Law.
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