pernor

[ pur-ner, -nawr ]

noun

, Law.

1. a person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pernor¹

1300–50; Middle English pernour < Anglo-French, metathetic variant of Old French preneor taker, equivalent to pren- ( pernancy ) + -eor -or ²