trespasser

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   a person who enters or remains on another person's land or property without permission or legal right

   The landowner may ask a trespasser to leave but cannot use unlimited force against them.

Formed from trespass plus the agent suffix -er. Trespass came through Old French trespasser, 'to pass across or beyond,' from tres-, 'beyond,' and passer, 'to pass.' The legal noun thus names a person who crosses the boundary of another's rights or land.

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