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单词 mortmainer
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mortmainern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mortmain n., mortmain v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < mortmain n. or mortmain v. + -er suffix1.
Obsolete.
A person who holds a mortmain. In quot. figurative: one who lays a ‘dead hand’ upon (cf. dead-hand n. 1b).Apparently an isolated use.
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1808 J. W. Croker Sketch State Irel. 40 One-third of them [sc. clergy] are not resident–absentees from their duties–mortmainers upon the land!
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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