Distrainer

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who distrains or seizes goods for debt or service; one who makes or causes seizure by way of distress.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Same as distrainor.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Alternative form of distrainor.
  • Word Usage
    ""I'll kill him," shouted the young bully of Johnson's Cross-roads, and late distrainer on the profile of Cyrus James, Esquire, seizing an ugly stick."
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