possessor

Example Sentences

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One gun did not give its possessor an advantage in battle over opponents armed with swords, pikes, or lances.

From Textbooks • Dec. 14, 2022

Nor how the possessor intends to use it.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 14, 2022

Sam Ryder - Eurovision runner-up, human ray of light and possessor of pop's most piercing falsetto - is a man who emanates serious surfer vibes.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2022

And Sher’s Macbeth was infused with the sense of ambition stretching arduously to make its possessor smarter, nobler, larger than he really was.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2021

Everybody has seventeen of them, they said, and the Therbligs can be used in such a way as to make life difficult or easy for their possessor.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey