Encloser
/ɪnˈkləʊzə/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Someone who appropriates common land. historical
"It was said, for example, that […] the families of notorious enclosers always died out in three generations […]."
- 2 More generally, someone or something that encloses something.
- 3 An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable.
Example
More examples"It was said, for example, that […] the families of notorious enclosers always died out in three generations […]."
Etymology
From enclose + -er.