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proprietress

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pro·pri·e·tress  (pr-pr-trs)
n.
1. A woman who has legal title to something; an owner.
2. A woman who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment. See Usage Note at -ess.
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Noun1.proprietress - a woman proprietor
owner, proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
Translations
proprietress [prəˈpraɪətrɪs] N [of shop, hotel etc] → dueña f
proprietress
n (of pub, hotel) → Inhaberin f; (of newspaper) → Besitzerin f
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Johnson, the proprietress, had a sad story to tell of lost opportunity.
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
One half of it--that moiety in which the comfortable proprietress was then seated--was carpeted, and so partitioned off at the further end as to accommodate a sleeping-place, constructed after the fashion of a berth on board ship, which was shaded, like the little windows, with fair white curtains, and looked comfortable enough, though by what kind of gymnastic exercise the lady of the caravan ever contrived to get into it, was an unfathomable mystery.
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
Snagsby and the proprietress of the house--a drunken face tied up in a black bundle, and flaring out of a heap of rags on the floor of a dog- hutch which is her private apartment--leads to the establishment of this conclusion.
Bleak House by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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