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abutter

abutter

1 9.9
A person who owns land or a building next to someone else's property
  • noun
  • /əˈbʌtər/
  • Jargon
: colindante
  • At the meeting, several abutters expressed concerns about increased traffic.

Examples

  • The new abutter next door is planning to build a fence.

  • The new zoning law requires each abutter to be notified before construction begins.

  • The abutter objected to the proposed fence along the property line.

  • Many abutters opposed the construction of the new shopping mall.

  • The local council held a meeting to discuss the concerns raised by an abutter of the land development project.

  • As an abutter, she felt it was important to voice her opinion on the new fence being built between the properties.

  • The property dispute arose because the abutter claimed that the new construction obstructed their view.

Synonyms

neighbor
vsabutter
  • US
∞ 1.0

A person, place, or thing that is near another

is specifically an owner of the directly adjoining property

Surface Forms

abutter singular
abutters plural

Morphology

abutter = abut (transparent) = abut + er

A regular agentive formation from the verb 'abut' + -er; the meaning 'one who abuts (is adjacent)' follows directly from the base verb.

Etymology

Abutter comes from the verb abut, which means 'to touch' or 'border on'. So an abutter is a person whose land 'touches' the land next to it, in other words a neighbour for the property.