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Definition of Reversionist
1. Noun. Someone who lapses into previous undesirable patterns of behavior.
Generic synonyms: Offender, Wrongdoer
Derivative terms: Backslide, Recidivism
Definition of Reversionist
1. Noun. Reversioner. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reversionist
Literary usage of Reversionist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Handbook to Political Questions of the Day: And the Arguments on Either Side by Sydney Buxton (1892)
"Between the "occupier" pure nnd simple and the freehold reversionist, there nre,
usually, u large number of intermediate beneficial interests in the ..."
2. A Handbook to Political Questions of the Day, and the Arguments on Either Side by Sydney Buxton (1892)
"Between the " occupier" pure and simple and the freehold reversionist, there are,
usually, a large number of intermediate beneficial interests in the ..."
3. Hansard's Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament, Thomas Curson Hansard (1849)
"It appeared that it was only where the reversionist was called upon by the ...
It appeared to him to he very hard upon a reversionist, who had many of these ..."
4. Memoirs and Correspondence of Viscount Castlereagh, Second Marquess of by Robert Stewart Castlereagh (1853)
"... whose money has been invested in the supply and preservation of the plantation
in question, leaving out all consideration of the proprietor reversionist ..."
5. A Handbook to Political Questions of the Day: And the Arguments on Either Side by Sydney Buxton (1892)
"The annual interest on the loans would remain as before on the occupier ; the
sinking fund would be put on the ultimate reversionist or freeholder. ..."
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