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WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the person who gives a mortgage in return for money to be repaid; "we became mortgagors when the bank accepted our mortgage and loaned us the money to buy our new home" [syn: mortgager ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (alternative spelling of mortgager English)

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1580s, agent noun in Latin form from mortgage (v.). Native form mortgager attested from 1630s.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ If the mortgagor is a lessee for years he effects the mortgage by a sub-lease. ▪ In certain cases, a prior mortgagee may make further advances to the mortgagor which will rank in priority to subsequent mortgages. ▪ So the court ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mortgageor \Mort"gage*or\, Mortgagor \Mort"ga*gor\, n. (Law) One who gives a mortgage. Note: The letter e is required analogically after the second g in order to soften it; but the spelling mortgagor is in fact the prevailing form. When the word is contradistinguished ...