noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Someone who distrains; the party distraining goods or chattels. obsolete

   "the distrainor happens to come again into possession of his own property in goods which before he had lost"

Synonyms

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bailiffdistrainerrepo man

Example

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"the distrainor happens to come again into possession of his own property in goods which before he had lost"

Etymology

From distrain + -or.

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