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proprietorial

adj

Etymology

From proprietor + -ial.

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

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to ownership.

  2. Characteristic of or behaving like a proprietor or owner (of a thing)

    Characteristic of or behaving like a proprietor or owner (of a thing); possessive.

    • A superficially handsome young fellow had his arm round her, and he barred my way and told me something in proprietorial Flemish.
    • “I'm pretty sure he did, Felix.” There was a proprietorial note in Rose's voice, to which I objected.

The neighborhood

Derived

proprietorially

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