repossessorn.

Brit.

/ˌriːpəˈzɛsə/, U.S.

/ˌripəˈzɛsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repossess v., -or suffix.

Etymology: < repossess v. + -or suffix.

1. A person who has or takes possession of something again. rare.

ΚΠ

1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 31 Let me of him but repossessor bee And when thou giues to me mine hart againe Thy selfe thou doest bestow.

1878 Belford's Monthly Mag. Jan. 134 It represents them being animated by a burning desire to become the repossessors of the Holy City.

2007 A. Radford Lost Girls v. 197 Howard's End privileges an insouciant urbanite and enlightened Edwardian feminist Margaret Schlegel as the matriarchal re-possessor of a country estate.

2. Originally and chiefly U.S. spec. A person hired by a credit company to repossess a car, house, or other item when the purchaser defaults on payments.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > repossession > one who

repossessor1926

repo man1964

1926 Los Angeles Daily Times 1 Dec. ii. 21/7 Helen said she didn't have a chance to get out of the car when the ‘repossessors’ went into action.

1956 Calif. Appellate Rep. 2nd Ser. 141 694 [He] was a ‘car repossessor’ for a finance company.

1969 Stanford Law Rev. 22 33 If deficiency judgments were eliminated, the defaulting purchaser would be spared his own and the repossessor's court costs.

1996 Daily Tel. 19 July 4/6 The repossessors took control of Freda's animals and will sell them off because it is so expensive to look after them all.

2002 N. D. Hansen-Hill Static vi. 107 The time she'd had an ongoing battle with the repossessors for her furniture.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	repossessor
释义	repossessorn. Brit. /ˌriːpəˈzɛsə/, U.S. /ˌripəˈzɛsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: repossess v., -or suffix. Etymology: < repossess v. + -or suffix. 1. A person who has or takes possession of something again. rare. ΚΠ 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 31 Let me of him but repossessor bee And when thou giues to me mine hart againe Thy selfe thou doest bestow. 1878 Belford's Monthly Mag. Jan. 134 It represents them being animated by a burning desire to become the repossessors of the Holy City. 2007 A. Radford Lost Girls v. 197 Howard's End privileges an insouciant urbanite and enlightened Edwardian feminist Margaret Schlegel as the matriarchal re-possessor of a country estate. 2. Originally and chiefly U.S. spec. A person hired by a credit company to repossess a car, house, or other item when the purchaser defaults on payments. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > taking possession > [noun] > repossession > one who repossessor1926 repo man1964 1926 Los Angeles Daily Times 1 Dec. ii. 21/7 Helen said she didn't have a chance to get out of the car when the ‘repossessors’ went into action. 1956 Calif. Appellate Rep. 2nd Ser. 141 694 [He] was a ‘car repossessor’ for a finance company. 1969 Stanford Law Rev. 22 33 If deficiency judgments were eliminated, the defaulting purchaser would be spared his own and the repossessor's court costs. 1996 Daily Tel. 19 July 4/6 The repossessors took control of Freda's animals and will sell them off because it is so expensive to look after them all. 2002 N. D. Hansen-Hill Static vi. 107 The time she'd had an ongoing battle with the repossessors for her furniture. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593
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