English

Noun

proprietor ‎(plural proprietors)

1. An owner.
   • 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:

     The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position. British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins.

2. A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
3. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
4. (historical) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.

   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.‎

Derived terms

• Lord proprietor
• proprietorship
• proprietress
• sole proprietor

Hypernyms

• entrepreneur

Coordinate terms

• partner

Translations

See also

• appropriate
• corporation
• proper
• property

Latin

Noun

proprietor, genitive proprietoris

1. An owner