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evictor|ɪˈvɪktə(r)|
Also evicter.
[f. evict v. + -or.]
One who evicts. a. One who expels the inhabitants from a country. b. One who evicts his tenants. c. A person employed to eject tenants from their holdings.
1816Keatinge Trav. I. 162 They [Moors of Spain] were as different too..from their conquerors and evictors as possible. 1865Pall Mall G. 14 Oct. 5/2 One of the pitmen..barricaded his door, and as the evictors had no warrant to force it open the proceedings were suspended. 1885Manch. Exam. 20 Oct. 4/7 A crusade against those denounced as evicters and rackrenters. 1888Kenny in Times 2 Oct. 5/6 The Plan of Campaign..is..their [the tenantry's] only..protection against the hand of the evictor. |