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Webster 1913 Edition

Proprietor

Pro-pri′e-tor

,
Noun.
[For older
proprietary
: cf. F.
propriétarie
.]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Proprietor

PROPRI'ETOR

,
Noun.
[from L. proprietas, proprius.] An owner; the person who has the legal right or exclusive title to any thing whether in possession or not; as the proprietor of a farm or of a mill. By the gift of God, man is constituted the proprietor of the earth.

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