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Webster 1913 Edition


Proprietor

Pro-pri′e-tor

,
Noun.
[For older
proprietary
: cf. F.
propriétarie
.]
One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner;
as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Proprietor

PROPRI'ETOR

,
Noun.
[from L. proprietas, proprius.] An owner; the person who has the legal right or exclusive title to any thing whether in possession or not; as the proprietor of a farm or of a mill. By the gift of God, man is constituted the proprietor of the earth.

Definition 2024


proprietor

proprietor

English

Noun

proprietor (plural proprietors)

  1. An owner.
    • 2013 August 10, Lexington, Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
      The [Washington] Post's proprietor 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 an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
  3. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
  4. (historical) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.
    From 10 September 1621 till 12 June 1632, Sir William Alexander, styled Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada, was proprietor of the Scottish colony Nova Scotia.

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Latin

Noun

proprietor, genitive proprietoris

  1. An owner