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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

proprietor
    n 1: (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business;
         "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" [syn: owner,
         proprietor]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Proprietor \Pro*pri"e*tor\, n. [For older proprietary: cf. F.
   propri['e]tarie.]
   One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything,
   whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of
   farm or of a mill.
   [1913 Webster]

3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)

PROPRIETOR. The owner. (q.v.)

Thesaurus Results for proprietor:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

beneficiary, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, deedholder, feoffee, feudatory, holder, householder, innkeeper, laird, landholder, landlady, landlord, landowner, licensee, lord, manager, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, owner, partner, possessor, property owner, proprietary, proprietress, proprietrix, publican, rentier, squire, titleholder

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