sequesterer
Agent of separation
One who sequesters—isolates, sets apart, or removes from general access.
A sequesterer of funds withholds money.
A sequesterer of carbon captures and stores it.
The word appears in legal, scientific, and general contexts wherever someone or something does the work of sequestering: The forest acts as a natural sequesterer of atmospheric carbon.
Legal proceeding overseer
- sheriffCounty's chief officer
- marshalArrange in proper order
- executorAppointed estate manager
- court officerJudicial proceeding attendant
process server · judiciary · magistrate · trustee · receiver · custodian · administrator · garnisher
Device severing electrical connection
- quarantinerPerson separated for contagion control
- separatorSomething that divides
- withdrawerOne who removes something
- cloisteredSheltered from outside contact
hermit · recluse · exile · seclusion · segregator
Prison guard
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- captorOne who seizes another
- gaolerPrison guard, British spelling
- imprisonerOne who detains others
detainer · incarcerator · custodian · guardian · keeper · confiner · internment · holding
One who safeguards others
- guardianProtective caretaker of another
- preserverOne that maintains or saves
- shielderOne who defends
- defenderOne who guards another
custodian · conservator · keeper · sanctuary · shelter · refuge
One who takes possession
- appropriatorOne who claims possession
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- nationalizerOne who transfers private to public
- repossessorOne who reclaims collateral
garnishment · distraint · forfeiture · levy · annexation · recovery · retrieval
bailiff
Legal proceeding overseer
court officer · process server · judiciary · magistrate · trustee · receiver · custodian · administrator · garnisher · lienholder
isolator
Device severing electrical connection
- quarantinerPerson separated for contagion control
- separatorSomething that divides
- withdrawerOne who removes something
cloistered · hermit · recluse · exile · seclusion · segregator
jailer
Prison guard
- wardenSupervisory custodian of place
- captorOne who seizes another
- gaolerPrison guard, British spelling
imprisoner · detainer · incarcerator · custodian · guardian · keeper · confiner · internment · holding · restrainer
protector
One who safeguards others
defender · custodian · conservator · keeper · sanctuary · shelter · refuge
seizer
One who takes possession
- appropriatorOne who claims possession
- impoundmentOfficial seizure or detention
- nationalizerOne who transfers private to public
repossessor · garnishment · distraint · forfeiture · levy · annexation · recovery · retrieval
sequestererreleaser
One who liberates
liberator · emitter · emancipator · freer · discharger
sequestererintegrator
Unifies separate elements
includer · unifier · combiner · incorporator · assimilator
sequestererrestorer
One who repairs
returner · relinquisher · grantor · distributor · surrenderer
- sequestered juryIsolated courtroom decision-makers