English > proprietor: 1 sense > noun 1, person | Meaning | (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business. |
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| Synonym | owner |
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| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
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| Narrower | bookseller | The proprietor of a bookstore |
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| lessor, lease giver | someone who grants a lease |
| letter | owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire |
| patron | The proprietor of an inn |
| proprietress | A woman proprietor |
| publisher, newspaper publisher | The proprietor of a newspaper |
| renter | An owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person |
| restaurateur, restauranter | The proprietor of a restaurant |
| saloon keeper | The proprietor of a saloon |
| timberman | An owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering |
| Broader | businessman, man of affairs | A person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) |
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| Spanish | ama, amo, dueña, dueño, propietaria, propietario |
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| Catalan | amo, mestressa, propietària, propietari |
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| Adjectives | proprietary | protected by trademark or patent / patent or copyright |
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| Nouns | proprietorship | an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities / liabilities and entitled to its profits / profits |
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