abator

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. a person who abates a nuisanceType of actor, doer
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

A·ba′tor (ȧ-bāt′ẽr), noun

Law (a) One who abates a nuisance. (b) A person who, without right, enters into a freehold on the death of the last possessor, before the heir or devisee. Blackstone, Sir William

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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