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(now chiefly historical) Someone who appropriates common land. / More generally, someone or something that encloses something.

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encloser

Source Word

encloser

IPA(Pronunciation)

historical

(now chiefly historical) Someone who appropriates common land. / More generally, someone or something that encloses something.

Japanese Meaning

（現代では主に歴史的な意味で）共有地などの共同利用地を自分のものに囲い込む人物 / 一般に、何かを囲い込む人物または物体

The encloser was widely resented by villagers after he fenced off the commons.

共有地を囲い込んだ人物は、共有地に柵を設けたことで村人たちに広く憎まれた。

Sense（1）

(now chiefly historical) Someone who appropriates common land.

Sense（2）

More generally, someone or something that encloses something.

Sense（3）

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

enclosers

（ plural ）