pro·pri·e·tor

(prə-prī′ĭ-tər)

1. One who has legal title to something; an owner.

2. One who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment.

[Probably alteration of Middle English proprietarie; see proprietary.]

pro·pri′e·to′ri·al (-tôr′ē-əl) adj.

pro·pri′e·to′ri·al·ly adv.

pro·pri′e·tor·ship′ n.

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proprietor

(prəˈpraɪətə)

1. (Commerce) an owner of an unincorporated business enterprise

2. (Law) a person enjoying exclusive right of ownership to some property

3. (Historical Terms) history US a governor or body of governors of a proprietary colony

proˈprietorship n

proprietorial adj

proˈprietress, proˈprietrix fem n

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pro•pri•e•tor

(prəˈpraɪ ɪ tər)

n.

1. the owner of a business establishment.

2. a person who has the exclusive right or title to something; an owner, as of real property.

3. a proprietary of a colony in America.

[1630–40; propriet (ary) + -or²]

pro•pri′e•tor•ship`, n.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"

owner

law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"

bookseller - the proprietor of a bookstore

businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

lease giver, lessor - someone who grants a lease

letter - owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire

patron - the proprietor of an inn

proprietress - a woman proprietor

newspaper publisher, publisher - the proprietor of a newspaper

renter - an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person

restauranter, restaurateur - the proprietor of a restaurant

saloon keeper - the proprietor of a saloon

timberman - an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering

proprietor

proprietress

noun owner, landowner, freeholder, possessor, titleholder, deed holder, landlord or landlady the proprietor of a local restaurant

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

proprietor

noun

A person who has legal title to property:

holder, master, owner, possessor.

Translations

صاحِب، مالِك

majitelvlastník-ka

ejerindehaver

omistajapartneri

eigandi

esclusivo proprietario specialit... medicinale

所有者所有者団体経営者

īpašniekssaimnieks

bezitter eigenaar

mal sahibi

业主经营者老板

proprietor

[prəˈpraɪətəʳ] N [of shop, hotel etc] → dueño/a m/f; [of land] → propietario/a m/f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

proprietor

[prəˈpraɪətə^r] n → propriétaire m/f

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

proprietor

n (of pub, hotel, patent) → Inhaber(in) m(f); (of house, newspaper) → Besitzer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

proprietor

[prəˈpraɪətəʳ] n → proprietario/a

proprietor

(prəˈpraiətə) – feminine proˈprietress – noun

an owner, especially of a shop, hotel etc.

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She was immediately admitted to see the proprietor.

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The proprietor of this tunnel took candles and conducted us into it.

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In England, for example, no mere parade of costly appurtenances would be so likely as with us, to create an impression of the beautiful in respect to the appurtenances themselves - or of taste as regards the proprietor: - this for the reason, first, that wealth is not, in England, the loftiest object of ambition as constituting a nobility; and secondly, that there, the true nobility of blood, confining itself within the strict limits of legitimate taste, rather avoids than affects that mere costliness in which a parvenu rivalry may at any time be successfully attempted.

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The peasants were briskly carrying out the proprietor's goods and packing them on the carts, and Dron, liberated at Princess Mary's wish from the cupboard where he had been confined, was standing in the yard directing the men.

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We shall come out somewhere--if not at Zakharova, then at the proprietor's farm,' said Nikita.

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It meant more than free beer to Daughtry, for, when he started to leave, the proprietor of the place thrust three silver dollars into his hand and begged him to come around with the dog next night.

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This officer was busily plying his vocation when half-a-dozen persons sauntered through the booth, to whom, but without stopping either in his speech or work, he bowed respectfully; at the same time directing, by a look, the attention of a man beside him to the tallest figure in the group, in recognition of whom the proprietor pulled off his hat.

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"Yes," said the proprietor, startled for a moment from his courtly bearing.

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Here ensued a great many words between Matthew Maule and the proprietor of the Seven Gables, on the subject which the latter had thus broached.

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A moment later a cream-bun burst in sticky ruin on the proprietor's left eye.

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A man he took for the proprietor was standing in the lobby, and he went up to him and tackled him for a job.

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As a proprietor, it is to my interest my house should not be burnt.

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