Subscriber login


Forgot your password?

Library card login

Other

proprietor

Syllabification: (pro·pri·e·tor)
Pronunciation: /p(r)əˈprīətər/

Translate proprietor | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of proprietor

noun

  • the owner of a business, or a holder of property.

Derivatives

proprietorial

Pronunciation: /p(r)əˌprīəˈtôrēəl/

adjective

proprietorially

Pronunciation: /p(r)əˌprīəˈtôrēəlē/

adverb

proprietorship

Pronunciation: /-ˌSHip/

noun
Remember that proprietor ends with -or.

proprietor in other Oxford dictionaries

Definition of proprietor in the British & World English dictionary

Nearby words

  |  Cite

More words in this category

Word of the day

offing

/ ˈɒfɪŋ /
noun
the more distant part of the sea in view …