Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

encloser

/ɪnˈkləʊzə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: en-clos-er
IPA: /ɪnˈkləʊzə/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Someone who appropriates common land.

noun

More generally, someone or something that encloses something.

noun

An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable.

Example Sentences

"It was said, for example, that […] the families of notorious enclosers always died out in three generations […]."
"Ironically, it was the encloser who had acted in an unbounded manner by violating the institutional boundaries of local community power."
"In one episode during the long-running dispute over enclosure at Grewelthorpe Moor in Yorkshire, the women of the community followed the encloser on to the moor and, ‘fallinge downe upon their knees, and some of them weepinge for the loss of their Comon, desired…[him] to be good unto them’."

Etymology

From enclose + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: enclose

Regional Pronunciation

British English: /ɪnˈkləʊzə/

Inflected Forms

enclosers (plural) incloser (alternative, archaic)

Questions

How do you pronounce encloser?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɪnˈkləʊzə/.
What does encloser mean?: Someone who appropriates common land.
Where does encloser come from?: From enclose + -er.

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