conveyancer

[ kuhn-vey-uhn-ser ]

/ kənˈveɪ ən sər /

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noun

a person engaged in conveyancing.

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Origin of conveyancer

First recorded in 1615–25; conveyance + -er¹

Words nearby conveyancer

convexo-convex, convexo-plane, convex sole, convey, conveyance, conveyancer, conveyancing, conveyed, conveyor, conveyor belt, conveyorize

How to use conveyancer in a sentence

Williams had shown himself to be an inaccurate conveyancer in the drafting of the original deed.
A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
The two first were clerks to an eminent scrivener or conveyancer in the town, Charles Brogden; the other was clerk to a merchant.
Franklin's Autobiography|Benjamin Franklin
My tutor was a pure conveyancer; so I saw nothing of equity drafting.
The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I.|Sir Leslie Stephen
Suppose they were to enter into the chambers of the student of law—of the conveyancer, for example.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844|Various

The two first were clerks to an eminent scrivener or conveyancer in the town, Charles Brockden; the other was clerk to a merchant.
Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin|Benjamin Franklin