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# possessor

noun (possessors)

«possessor» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A possessor is someone who owns or has a thing, often a special or magic one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possessor/#m1)

### In the lessons

in stories, the owner of a magic object, such as a magic fluid, a goose or a gift

### Examples

- The snake is often the possessor of magic fluids. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possessor/#x1)
- Our peasant became the possessor of the goose. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possessor/#x2)
- The gift makes life a constant happiness to its possessor. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possessor/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths; a possessor is a person, not a number.

## In Jewish tradition

Abram uses it for the heir who would inherit his house. In the primary lessons: in stories, the owner of a magic object, such as a magic fluid, a goose or a gift

### Examples

- And Abram said: 'O Lord GOD, what wilt Thou give me, seeing I go hence childless, and he that shall be possessor of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?' (Torah GEN.15.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/#x1)

### Note

nothing for maths; a possessor is a person, not a number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «possessor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/possessor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«possessor» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/possessor.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «possessor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/P/possessor/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«possessor» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/possessor.html) on Mova free.