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Associations to the word «Proprietor»

Wiktionary

PROPRIETOR, noun. An owner.
PROPRIETOR, noun. A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
PROPRIETOR, noun. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
PROPRIETOR, noun. (history) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.

Dictionary definition

PROPRIETOR, noun. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats