Encloser

//ɪnˈkləʊzə// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    More generally, someone or something that encloses something.
  3. 3
    An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable.

Example

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"It was said, for example, that […] the families of notorious enclosers always died out in three generations […]."

Etymology

From enclose + -er.

Related phrases

common land

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