Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A proprietress.
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- noun dated A
female proprietor .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the early 1700s Isabel de Virto y Luna came to be proprietrix of the cattle.
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In the early 1700s Isabel de Virto y Luna came to be proprietrix of the cattle.
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It instils the first distinct idea of the value of money; it gives the first notion of the accumulation of precious things; and the little proprietor or proprietrix comes to rattle the box with the narrow slit as a sort of sly enjoyment.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 454 Volume 18, New Series, September 11, 1852 Various 1841
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Kali Morgan, proprietrix of her own mini Magic Kink-dom down on Fifth Street, packages fantasies so they're more user-friendly.
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Kali Morgan, proprietrix of her own mini Magic Kink-dom down on Fifth Street, packages fantasies so they're more user-friendly.
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Eventually the proprietrix of the bakery was remanded to prison.
Stabroek News 2009
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In the final outcome the proprietrix has been placed on a bond to keep the peace for two years.
Stabroek News 2009
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Today, Fine Lines proprietrix Lizzie Skurnick writes about 'Kinflicks',
Jezebel lizzieskurnick 2009
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Today, Fine Lines proprietrix Lizzie Skurnick writes about 'Kinflicks',
Jezebel 2009
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