Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who executes an entail; one who limits the descent of his property to a particular heir or series of heirs.

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Examples

  • Aye, ’ continued he, shutting his eyes and speaking to himself, ‘we must pass over his father, and serve him heir to his grandfather Lewis, the entailer, the only wise man of his family that I ever heard of.

    Chapter L 1917

  • Ay,” continued he, shutting his eyes and speaking to himself, “we must pass over his father, and serve him heir to his grandfather Lewis, the entailer; the only wise man of his family, that I ever heard of.”

    Guy Mannering 1815

  • Ay, "continued he, shutting his eyes and speaking to himself," we must pass over his father, and serve him heir to his grandfather Lewis, the entailer; the only wise man of his family, that I ever heard of. "

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 02 Walter Scott 1801

  • Ay, "continued he, shutting his eyes and speaking to himself," we must pass over his father, and serve him heir to his grandfather Lewis, the entailer; the only wise man of his family, that I ever heard of. "

    Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • Ay, "continued he, shutting his eyes and speaking to himself," we must pass over his father, and serve him heir to his grandfather Lewis, the entailer; the only wise man of his family, that I ever heard of. "

    Guy Mannering — Complete Walter Scott 1801

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