What is another word for possessors?

Pronunciation: [pəzˈɛsəz] (IPA)

The word "possessors" refers to those who own or have something in their possession. Some synonyms for this word include owners, holders, possessives, custodians, keepers, and proprietors. Each of these words suggests a slightly different connotation, with "owners" and "possessives" emphasizing the act of owning and possessing something, while "holders" and "custodians" suggest the act of safeguarding or preserving that which is owned. "Keepers" implies responsibility for maintaining or caring for the possession, while "proprietors" suggests ownership of a business or establishment. Regardless of the specific synonym used, all reflect one's ability to control and claim ownership over something.

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Usage examples for Possessors

But such a system can be devised; one under which the right of new-comers may be respected without disturbing those of possessors.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae
It is not certain that their fathers' fathers were the exact aborigines; in other words, a tribe akin to, but slightly different from them, seems to have been the earlier possessors.
"The Ethnology of the British Colonies and Dependencies"
Robert Gordon Latham
Another motive has also had a part in determining the possessors of Lady Russell's letters to publish them.
"Lady-John-Russell"
MacCarthy, Desmond

Famous quotes with Possessors

  • The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
    Charles Babbage
  • The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives.
    John Bright
  • The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors; two, facility to acquirers; and three, hope to all.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.
    James F. Cooper
  • God help us from those who believe that they are the sole possessors of truth. How we manage at times to agree willingly to become prisoners within our own minds and souls of beliefs and ideas on which we can never be flexible.
    King Hussein

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