abutter

English

Etymology

abut +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /əˈbʌ.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ʌtə(ɹ)

Noun

abutter (plural abutters)

1. One who, or that which, abuts, specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river. [First attested in the late 17^th century.]^[1]
   • 1886, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME transactions: Volume 7

     But said corporation shall not acquire title to any land, nor enter upon any street, until all damages to the owners of land and abutters on any part of a street occupied, or to be occupied, by its structure have been paid or secured […]

References

1. ^ 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 11:

Anagrams

• batture