WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
per•nor
(pûr′nər, -nôr),USA pronunciation n. [Law.]
- Lawa person who takes or receives the rents, profits, or other benefit of an estate, lands, etc.
- Anglo-French, metathetic variant of Old French preneor taker, equivalent. to pren- (see pernancy) + -eor -or2
- Middle English pernour 1300–50
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