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encloser

/ɪnˈkləʊzə/ UK

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From enclose + -er.

noun enclosers · incloser

historical Someone who appropriates common land. It was said, for example, that […] the families of notorious enclosers always died out in three generations […].
More generally, someone or something that encloses something.
An object, procedure, or other portion of code that defines the scope of a variable.

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@misc{encloser_2026,
  title = {encloser},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/encloser},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}