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possessor
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possessor
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner |
| Synonyms: | beneficiary, buyer, heir, heiress, holder, inheritor, laird, landlady, landlord, landowner, legatee, lessee, master, occupant, occupier, partner, proprietor, proprietress, purchaser, retainer, trustee |
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| Main Entry: | beneficiary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who gains, benefits |
| Synonyms: | almsperson, assignee, devisee, donee, grantee, heir, heiress, inheritor, legatee, payee, possessor, receiver, recipient, stipendiary, successor |
| Notes: | a benefactor is someone who provides a gift; a beneficiary is someone who receives benefits or favors |
| Antonyms: | giver, payer |
| Main Entry: | occupant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who resides in a place |
| Synonyms: | addressee, denizen, dweller, holder, householder, incumbent, indweller, inhabitant, lessee, occupier, possessor, renter, resident, resider, tenant, user |
| Antonyms: | displaced person |
| Main Entry: | owner |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who has possession of |
| Synonyms: | governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, holder, keeper, landowner, legatee, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, something buyer, squire, titleholder |
| Antonyms: | leaser, renter |
| Main Entry: | proprietor |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who owns something |
| Synonyms: | freeholder, front office, holder, land owner, meal ticket, owner, possessor, proprietary, titleholder |
| Antonyms: | customer |
| Main Entry: | tenant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who leases a place |
| Synonyms: | addressee, boarder, dweller, holder, householder, indweller, inhabitant, leaseholder, lessee, lodger, occupant, occupier, possessor, rent payer, renter, resident, roomer |
| Notes: | a tenant is one who has a right or lease to occupy a place; a tenet is a belief, rule or part of a doctrine |
| Antonyms: | landlord |
| Main Entry: | holder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | owner |
| Synonyms: | buyer, governor, heir, heir-apparent, heiress, heritor, keeper, landowner, legatee, master, partner, possessor, proprietor, purchaser, sharer, squire, titleholder |
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