escheator
noun
es·cheat·or
-ētər,
-ētˌȯ(ə)r
plural -s
: a legal officer formerly appointed to look after escheats
Word History
Etymology
Middle English eschetour, from Anglo-French, from Old French escheoit (past participle of escheoir to fall, happen) + -our -or
- like
- like (greased) lightning
- like a (hot) knife through butter
- like a bat out of hell
- like a broken record
- like a chicken with its head cut off
- like a demon
- like a dream
- like a drowned rat
- like a fiend
- like a hole in the head
- like a hot knife through butter
- like a house on fire
- like a knife through butter
- like a lamb to the slaughter
- like a madman
- like a madwoman
- like a man possessed
- like a man/woman possessed
- like a maniac
- like a shot
- like a ton of bricks
- like a woman possessed
- like an oven
- like anything