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[ es-chee-ter ] / ɛsˈtʃi tər /
nounan officer in charge of escheats. Origin of escheator1250–1300; Middle English eschetour<Anglo-French. See escheat, -or2 OTHER WORDS FROM escheatorsub·es·cheat·or, nounWords nearby escheatorescharotomy, eschatological, eschatology, escheat, escheatage, escheator, Escher, Escher figure, Escherichia, Escherichia coli, Escher, M. C. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for escheatorKing Edward accordingly commanded the mayor of London, his escheator in that city, to take inquisition concerning the premises. The Knights Templars|C. G. (Charles Greenstreet) Addison But the land could not be granted again until the lapse of title was officially declared in the office of the escheator. Beginnings of the American People|Carl Lotus Becker The audit of the Escheator's accounts for the county of Lincoln proves that the distress was very real. The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet Sometimes several such writs are addressed at one time to the Escheator to inquire into many deaths in the same place. The Great Pestilence (A.D. 1348-9)|Francis Aidan Gasquet
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