escheator

[ es-chee-ter ]

noun

1. an officer in charge of escheats.

Other Words From

• subes·cheator noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of escheator¹

1250–1300; Middle English eschetour < Anglo-French. See escheat, -or ²

Example Sentences

State escheator Brenda R. Mayrack declined the newspaper’s request for comment.

From Seattle Times

With four great abbeys falling vacant in little over ten years, the royal exchequer reaped a good harvest; and though the payment of a lump sum was better than falling into the hands of the escheator, and though the nuns would make haste to elect a new abbess as soon as possible, a voidance was always a costly matter.

From Project Gutenberg

She was the niece of John de London, late the King’s escheator south of Trent.

From Project Gutenberg

He was Escheator of the Province of Munster.

From Project Gutenberg

King Edward accordingly commanded the mayor of London, his escheator in that city, to take inquisition concerning the premises.

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