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proprietor

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Etymology

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Probably fromproprietary +‎-or.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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proprietor (pluralproprietors)

  1. Anowner.
    • 1879, Chas. McArmor,The New Handbook of Vienna […] ‎[1], 2nd edition, Otto Maass, page106:
      Here theproprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.
    • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, inThe Economist, volume408, number8848:
      The[Washington] Post'sproprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position. British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins.
  2. A sole owner of anunincorporatedbusiness, also called asole proprietor.
  3. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, apartner.
  4. (history) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like afief, including its administration.
    From 10 September 1621 till 12 June 1632, Sir William Alexander, styled Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada, wasproprietor of the Scottish colony Nova Scotia.

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Translations

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owner
sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor
one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner
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