Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who has legal title to something; an owner.
- noun One who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has the legal right or exclusive title to something; an owner: as, the proprietor of a farm or of a mill.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner.
from , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
owner - noun A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a
sole proprietor - noun One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a
partner - noun history One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a
fief , including its administration
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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There are many comfortable-looking large houses, generally built according to the customs of the country whereof the proprietor is a native.
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For National Poetry Month (April, to civilians), GottaBook's proprietor is promising new work by some of the finest kids 'poets in the la🤪nd.
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The Happy Trails proprietor is a huge Frank Zappa fan, his windows are a testament to his love ♥ꦏ This place is also linked in history to our local Stairway Denied — Zeppelin tribute band — and the Alchemist, our local independent infozine.
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For National Poetry Month (April, to civilians), GottaBook's proprietor is promising new work by some of the finest kids 'poets in the𓆏 land.
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Hazel, the proprietor, is in her sixties, and it's 🍰a toss-up as to whether she's more attach🅷ed to her mother or her cats.
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The Happy Trails proprietor is a huge Frank Zappa fan, his windows💞 are a testament to his love ♥ This place is also linked 🐷in history to our local Stairway Denied — Zeppelin tribute band — and the Alchemist, our local independent infozine.
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The proprietor is an interesting guy named Gilberto Penzo.
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The proprietor is an interesting guy named Gilberto Penzo.
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A humble proletarian hotel proprietor is 𒁃subsequently pole-axed by the super-structure of the capitalist means-of-production in a dramatic example of Asiatic despotism at work t💫hroughout the totality of the imperialist capitalist system.
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Though the long-term proprietor, Julie Griffiths, hates the term, this pub hi🍃gh in the Chiltern hills, lays claim to being the original gastropub.
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