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escheator

[ es-chee-ter ]

/ ɛsˈtʃi tər /

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noun

an officer in charge of escheats.

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Origin of escheator

1250–1300; Middle English eschetour<Anglo-French. See escheat, -or²

OTHER WORDS FROM escheator

sub·es·cheat·or, noun

Words nearby escheator

eschatology, eschaton, escheat, escheatage, escheatment, escheator, Escher, Escher figure, Escherichia, Escherichia coli, Escher, M. C.

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How to use escheator in a sentence

Sometimes several such writs are addressed at one time to the Escheator to inquire into many deaths in the same place.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet
The audit of the Escheator's accounts for the county of Lincoln proves that the distress was very real.
The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet
King Edward accordingly commanded the mayor of London, his escheator in that city, to take inquisition concerning the premises.
The Knights Templars|C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison
But the land could not be granted again until the lapse of title was officially declared in the office of the escheator.
Beginnings of the American People|Carl Lotus Becker

An every liver among them haven't stood me in three and forty shilling, then am I a naughty escheator.
The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb|Charles Lamb