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reversioner

American  
[ri-vur-zhuh-ner, -shuh-] / rɪˈvɜr ʒə nər, -ʃə- /

noun

Law.

  1. a person who possesses a reversion.

reversioner British  
/ rɪˈvɜːʃənə /

noun

  1. property law a person entitled to an estate in reversion Compare remainderman

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Etymology

Origin of reversioner

First recorded in 1605–15; reversion + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Rumour has long since pointed to the Advocates' Library at Edinburgh as the ultimate reversioner.

From The Book-Collector A General Survey of the Pursuit and of those who have engaged in it at Home and Abroad from the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Hazlitt, William Carew

This tenancy at sufferance applies also to an under-tenant, who remains in possession and pays rent to the reversioner or head landlord.

From The Book of Household Management by Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary)

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