pos‧ses‧sor/pəˈzesə $ -ər/ noun[COUNTABLE] formal someone who owns or has something – often used humorously possessor of ▪ He’s now the proud possessor of two satellite dishes.
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ First, you figure out who has it; then you figure out what its possessor needs and whether you have that. ▪ He was instantly celebrated as a possessor of breathtaking quickness and ball-handling, a deft-shooting touch and suffocating defensive prowess. ▪ In the second place, it involves some intention to maintain that control on the part of the possessor. ▪ The possessor, at last, of secret knowledge. ▪ The lads were as cheerful as ever but guarded, like the possessors of unwelcome news. ▪ The police did not prove any intent on the part of the possessor to use it to cause injury. ▪ The rewards to the possessors are more or less proportional to the supply. ▪ Yet beyond their fame, those players were all possessors of the fundamental skills of the game.
pos‧ses‧sor/pəˈzesə $ -ər/ noun [COUNTABLE]