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appropriator|əˈprəʊprɪeɪtə(r)|
[a. L. *appropriātor, n. of agent f. appropriāre: see -or.]
1. One who appropriates or takes to his own use.
1840De Quincey Mod. Superst. Wks. III. 325 The appropriator of a treasure. 1858Miss Muloch Th. ab. Wom. 75 A dishonest appropriator of other people's property.
2. The religious house, or corporation, that owns the fees and endowments of a benefice.
1726Ayliffe Parerg. 86 These Appropriators, by reason of their Perpetuities, are accounted Owners of the Fee Simple. 1809Tomlins Law Dict. s.v. Appropriation, The appropriators..are perpetual parsons of the church. |