Escheator

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects. England, Wales

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English eschetour, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschetour; equivalent to escheat + -or.

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