Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who has legal title to something; an owner.
- n. One who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who has the legal right or exclusive title to something; an owner: as, the proprietor of a farm or of a mill.
Wiktionary
- n. An owner
- n. A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor
- n. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner
- n. history One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner.
WordNet 3.0
- n. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
Etymologies
- Borrowed from Latin proprietor (see below), from proprietas, 'property', from proprius '(one's) own' (Wiktionary)
- Probably alteration of Middle English proprietarie; see proprietary. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“There are many comfortable-looking large houses, generally built according to the customs of the country whereof the proprietor is a native.”
Life in Mexico, During a Residence of Two Years in That Country
“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.”
“For National Poetry Month (April, to civilians), GottaBook's proprietor is promising new work by some of the finest kids 'poets in the land.”
“Hazel, the proprietor, is in her sixties, and it's a toss-up as to whether she's more attached to her mother or her cats.”
“Though the long-term proprietor, Julie Griffiths, hates the term, this pub high in the Chiltern hills, lays claim to being the original gastropub.”
The Guardian: The 20 best places to eat in Britain this summer
“The proprietor is an interesting guy named Gilberto Penzo.”
“A humble proletarian hotel proprietor is subsequently pole-axed by the super-structure of the capitalist means-of-production in a dramatic example of Asiatic despotism at work throughout the totality of the imperialist capitalist system.”
“It turns out that, as has been speculated by a certain proprietor of this site for at least two weeks now, we may now be nearing proof that the Bush Junta was using its Go Go Gadget listening devices to spy on US journalists, meaning none other than Christiane Amanpour, CNN's Chief International Correspondent.”
“The proprietor is reeeeally proud of his royal heritage.”
“Its proprietor is apparently having a birthday today and in honour of the occasion would like people to spread the word about the blog and 'bring new people onto the CC love train.”
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