Hypertext Webster Gateway: "proprietor"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
proprietor
n : someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is
the owner of a chain of restaurants" [syn: {owner}]
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