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proprietor

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pro·pri·e·tor  (pr-pr-tr)
n.
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·prie·tori·al (-tôr-l, -tr-) adj.
pro·prie·tori·al·ly adv.
pro·prie·tor·ship n.

proprietor [prəˈpraɪətə]
n
1. (Business / Commerce) an owner of an unincorporated business enterprise
2. (Law) a person enjoying exclusive right of ownership to some property
3. (Historical Terms) US history a governor or body of governors of a proprietary colony
proprietorship  n
proprietorial  [prəˌpraɪəˈtɔːrɪəl] adj
proprietress , proprietrix fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.proprietorproprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
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
Translations
proprietor [prəˈpraɪətəʳ] N [of shop, hotel etc] → dueño/a m/f; [of land] → propietario/a m/f

proprietor [prəˈpraɪətər] npropriétaire m/f

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

proprietor [prəˈpraɪətəʳ] nproprietario/a
proprietor [prəˈpraɪətəʳ] nproprietario/a

proprietor
n proprietor [prəˈpraiətə]
an owner, especially of a shop, hotel etc. eienaar صاحِب، مالِك собственик majitel, -ka indehaver; ejer der/die Eigentümer(in) ιδιοκτήτης propietario; propietaria omanik صاحب omistaja propriétaire בְּעָלִים स्वामी, मालिक tulajdonos pemilik eigandi proprietario, titolare 所有者 소유자 savininkas īpašnieks; saimnieks tuan punya eigenaar eier, innehaver właściciel proprietário proprietar владелец, хозяин majiteľ, -ka lastnik vlasnik ägare, innehavare เจ้าของ mal sahibi 業主,老闆,經營者 власник; господар مالک دکان chủ sở hữu


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He asked next for the Visitors' List; and found that the French gentleman who then occupied '13 A,' was the proprietor of a theatre in Paris, personally well known to him.
BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the thirteenth day of June, in the forty-seventh year of the Independence of the United States of America, Charles Wiley, of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words and figures following, to wit:
No tax can be laid on land which will not affect the proprietor of millions of acres as well as the proprietor of a single acre.
 
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