1. a person who entails property; one who settles an estate in entail so that it passes to a fixed line of heirs
Usage: legal/historical; chiefly British

Examples

• The entailer of the estate ensured that the property would remain in the family for generations.
• As the entailer, he had the power to determine which heirs would inherit the land.
• The entailer's decision to restrict the property created both security and limitation for future generations.
• In 18th-century England, an entailer could lock up vast estates through legal entailment.
• The entailer sought legal counsel to properly structure the inheritance.