proprietor

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(prə-prī'ĭ-tər) pronunciation
n.
  1. One who has legal title to something; an owner.
  2. One who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment.

[Probably alteration of Middle English proprietarie. See proprietary.]

proprietorial pro·pri'e·to'ri·al (-tôr'ē-əl, -tōr'-) adj.
proprietorially pro·pri'e·to'ri·al·ly adv.
proprietorship pro·pri'e·tor·ship' n.


is the standard spelling, not -er.

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Owner; the person who holds title to property.
See PROPRIETARY ; PROPRIETORSHIP ; SOLE PROPRIETORSHIP .

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noun

    A person who has legal title to property: holder, master, owner, possessor. See owned/unowned.

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Definition: person who owns something
Antonyms: customer

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Owner; the person who holds title to property. See proprietary. See also sole proprietorship.
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IN BRIEF: A person who owns and sometimes also operates a store or business.

pronunciation The proprietor of the store insisted that they carry a large variety of candy bars.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - ejer

Nederlands (Dutch)
bezitter

Français (French)
n. - propriétaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Besitzer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - ιδιοκτήτης, κύριος, κάτοχος

Italiano (Italian)
proprietario, padrone, titolare

Português (Portuguese)
n. - proprietário (m)

Русский (Russian)
владелец

Español (Spanish)
n. - propietario, dueño

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ägare, innehavare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
所有者, 经营者

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 所有者, 經營者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 소유자, 경영자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 所有者, 持ち主, 経営者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) المالك‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בעלים, בעל, אדון‬


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