proprietor

  • 11proprietor — UK [prəˈpraɪətə(r)] / US [prəˈpraɪətər] noun [countable] Word forms proprietor : singular proprietor plural proprietors formal someone who owns a business a hotel proprietor …

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  • 12proprietor — noun /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/ a) An owner 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 b) A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also… …

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  • 13proprietor — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ hotel, newspaper, restaurant ▪ landed ▪ sole ▪ He is now sole proprietor of the business …

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  • 14proprietor — I proprietor, proprietress (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. manager, owner; master, mistress, lord, lady. See possession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. owner, titleholder, master, proprietary; see owner , possessor . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 15proprietor — pro|pri|e|tor [ prə praıətər ] noun count FORMAL someone who owns a business: a hotel proprietor …

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  • 16proprietor — noun (C) formal an owner of a business: Echenard was proprietor of the famous Hotel du Louvre. proprietorial adjective proprietorially adverb …

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  • 17proprietor — (= proprietress), noun the proprietor is thinking about selling this bar Syn: owner, possessor, holder, master/mistress; landowner, landlord/landlady; innkeeper, hotel keeper, hotelier, storekeeper …

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  • 18proprietor — noun Etymology: alteration of 1proprietary Date: 1637 1. one granted ownership of a colony (as one of the original American colonies) and full prerogatives of establishing a government and distributing land 2. a. a person who has the legal right… …

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  • 19proprietor — proprietorial /preuh pruy i tawr ee euhl, tohr /, adj. proprietorially, adv. proprietorship, n. /preuh pruy i teuhr/, n. 1. the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc. 2. a person who has the exclusive right or title to something; an… …

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  • 20proprietor — Synonyms and related words: 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… …

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