Also 6 -our. [late Anglo-Fr., for earlier alienour = Fr. aliéneur, f. aliéner: see ALIEN v. and -OR. Correl. with alienee.] One who transfers property to another.
1552. Huloet, Alienour, alienator.
1649. Selden, Laws of Eng., I. lxvi. (1739), 152. Lands or Tenements aliened to a Religious House shall escheat to the Lord, if the Alienor take the same back to hold of that Lord.
1768. Blackstone, Comm., II. 291. For the alienor himself to recover lands aliened by him.
1876. K. Digby, Real Prop., ii. § 8. 93. Conveying lands by means of a fictitious or collusive suit, commenced by arrangement by the intended alienee against the alienor.