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encloser|ɛnˈkləʊzə(r)|
[f. enclose v. + -er.]
1. One who encloses; esp. one who appropriates common land (see enclose v. 1 b). Also fig.
1597J. Knewstub Confutation 596 The number of his perfect ones are become inclosers, and haue taken in this heauen. a1616Beaum. & Fl. Scornful Lady ii. iii, Thanks to my dear incloser, Master Morecraft. 1633G. Herbert Temple, Ch. Porch iv, If God had laid all common, certainly Man would have been th' incloser. 1633Massinger New Way, &c. iv. i, They call me..grand encloser Of what was common. 1857Toulm. Smith Parish 468 The encloser would appropriate a permanent personal advantage. 1885Spectator 18 July 950/2 The rescue of Epping Forest from the enclosers.
†2. transl. L. clusor (Vulg.), a literal rendering of Heb. masgēr ‘one who closes’, a smith. Obs. rare—1.
1382Wyclif 2 Kings xxiv. 16 He ladde in to caytifte fro Jerusalem..craftise men, and enclosers, a thousand. |