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post-genitive
post-genitive n.
Brit. 
/(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈdʒɛnᵻtɪv/
, /(ˌ)pəʊs(t)ˈdʒɛnᵻtɪv/U.S. /ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdʒɛnədɪv/
Grammar a possessive noun used with of to postmodify a noun./ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdʒɛnədɪv/ΘΚΠ
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increaser1612
regulara1637
energizer1751
agent noun1782
nomen actionis1820
segolate1831
class noun1849
patrial1854
nomen agentis1859
metaplast1864
agent word1879
post-genitive1922
conversion-noun1928
noun adjective1930
head noun1933
relatum1933
actant1967
class name1994
1922 E. Kruisinga Handbk. Present-day Eng. (ed. 3) II. i. 361 Nouns preceded by a definite article are not seldom used with a post-genitive.
1957 R. W. Zandvoort Handbk. Eng. Gram. (new ed.) ii. ii. 105 The only case where an English genitive may be said to follow its headword is when it is the principal part of an of-adjunct to a preceding noun... The construction is known as the post-genitive. I gave him an old raincoat of my brother's.
1982 B. Seaton Handbk. Eng. Lang. Teaching Terms & Pract. 66 Post genitive. This happens when the genitive is the principal part of an of-adjunct to a preceding noun..I'm staying with a friend of Mary's.
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