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proprietor

noun
/pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/

Etymology

Probably from proprietary + -or.

  1. derived from proprietārius
  2. derived from propriétaire
  3. suffixed as proprietor — “proprietary + or”

Definitions

  1. An owner.

    • Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors.

  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. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its…

      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.

The neighborhood

Derived

coproprietor, Lord proprietor, nonproprietor, proprietorial, proprietorship, proprietress, proprietrix, sole proprietor

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at proprietor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01proprietor02unincorporated03corporation04corporate05incorporated06ownership07proprietorship

A definitional loop anchored at proprietor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at proprietor

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA