proprietarian

Etymology

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1. 1

   A proponent of proprietarianism, that is, of proprietary colonies and proprietary…

   A proponent of proprietarianism, that is, of proprietary colonies and proprietary government in colonial America.

   • The quakers and proprietarians together have little weight. New Jersey shows a noble ardor. Is there any thing in the air or soil of New York unfriendly to the spirit of liberty?
   • When Richard Peters reported to Penn on 2 October that the proprietarians had lost the election, he did not mention Franklin's supposed betrayal of Allen, Hamilton, and Chew.
   • Although the proprietarians lost seats, the 1742 election opened a season of political détente between the warring factions. The governor finally got his lazaretto, and legislators even compromised on compensating Thomas Graeme, ...
2. 2

   A person who owns property (a proprietor) or believes in proprietarianism, that is, that…

   A person who owns property (a proprietor) or believes in proprietarianism, that is, that property is an absolute right.

   • The poor have been classified as the proletarians and the rich as the proprietarians on the Chinese mainland. In the Communist view all proletarians are good men and all proprietarians are bad men.
   • This is because in the capitalist nations, most people are wealthy and are proprietarians; therefore, their social culture and social logic are established on the basis of the wealthy.
3. 3

   A stickler for proprieties.

   • We could do just about as we very well pleased, so long as we did not hurt ourselves or others, and so long as we understood right from wrong. Indeed, we were disciplined by proprietarians.

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