possessor
- a word derived from possess.
Example Sentences
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Possessor of a velveteen baritone, perfect pitch and brilliant piano skills, Cole is known for his recordings of songs including “Unforgettable,” “Mona Lisa” and “Rambling Rose.”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2022
Possessor also touches on corporate and governmental surveillance.
From The Guardian • Dec. 7, 2020
If you've never tasted Milton, try Dylan Thomas as Satan declaiming: "Hail horrors, hail infernal world, and thou profoundest Hell Receive thy new Possessor" from Paradise Lost.
From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2012
The young Possessor of the Four-&-Twenty Golden Umbrellas* ran his Fiat smack into a truck.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though but a painted face I am not far removed from Life; but rather, By truthful lines, the noble image of my Possessor.
From Holbein by Fortescue, Beatrice
