escheator

== English == === Alternative forms === escheater === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English eschetour, itself borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschetour; equivalent to escheat +‎ -or. === Noun === escheator (plural escheators) (England and Wales law) A royal officer in medieval and early modern England, responsible for taking escheats from deceased subjects. ==== Quotations ==== For quotations using this term, see Citations:escheator. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “escheator”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.