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proprietor

Pronunciation: /prəˈprʌɪətə/
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Definition of proprietor

noun

  • the owner of a business, or a holder of property: Chinese restaurant proprietors by 1640 he was himself the proprietor of a three-hundred-acre tract

Derivatives

proprietorship

noun

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Definition of proprietor in the US English dictionary