proprietress
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pro·pri·e·tress
(prə-prī′ĭ-trĭs)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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pro•pri•e•tress
(prəˈpraɪ ɪ trɪs)n.
1. a woman who owns a business establishment.
2. a woman who has the exclusive right or title to something.
[1685–95]
usage: See -ess.
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Noun | 1. | 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" |
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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
proprietress
n (of pub, hotel) → Inhaberin f; (of newspaper) → Besitzerin f
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