Synonyms

1. owner

Sentence Examples

1. Though I have referred to the possessor of the Dragaleth as a host, make no mistake that the Dragaleth and the human who possesses it are the same, for it is the essence of the person themself.
2. We know of them, among other things, that they are always to their possessor, when inordinately possessed, a source of the liveliest enjoyment.
3. The advertiser designates me as the possessor of the beast.
4. The most dreadful misfortunes, the most frightful sufferings, the abandonment of all those who loved me, the persecution of those who did not know me, formed the trials of my youth when suddenly, from captivity, solitude, misery, I was restored to light and liberty, and became the possessor of a fortune so brilliant, so unbounded, so unheard-of, that I must have been blind not to be conscious that God had endowed me with it to work out his own great designs.
5. I have said virtue, wealth, and generosity, because a great man who is vicious will be a great example of vice, and a rich man who is not generous will be merely a miserly beggar for the possessor of wealth is not made happy by possessing it, but by spending it, and not by spending as he pleases, but by knowing how to spend it well.
6. The street was laid out, a name was chosen and posted up on an iron plate, but before construction was begun, it occurred to the possessor of the property that a handsome sum might be obtained for the ground then devoted to fruits and vegetables, by building along the line of the proposed street, and so making it a branch of communication with the Faubourg Saint-Honoré itself, one of the most important thoroughfares in the city of Paris.
7. And he knew, too, that such anger is spent quickly unless a fortunate thrust makes the possessor of it victor almost at once.
8. Though I have referred to the possessor of the Dracosinum as a host, please make no mistake that the Dragaleth and the human who animates it are the same, for it is the essence of the person itself.
9. There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man but it is easier to deal with the real possessor of a thing than with the temporary guardian of it.