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- Dictionaryproprietor/prəˈprʌɪətə/
noun
- 1. the owner of a business, or a holder of property: "Chinese restaurant proprietors"
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PROPRIETOR definition: 1. a person who owns a particular type of business, especially a hotel, a shop, or a company that…. Learn more.
: a person who has the legal right or exclusive title to something : owner. b. : one having an interest (such as control or present use) less than absolute and exclusive right. Synonyms. holder. owner. possessor. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of proprietor in a Sentence.
Proprietor definition: the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.. See examples of PROPRIETOR used in a sentence.
1. One who has legal title to something; an owner. 2. One who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment. [Probably alteration of Middle English proprietarie; see proprietary.] pro·pri′e·to′ri·al (-tôr′ē-əl) adj. pro·pri′e·to′ri·al·ly adv. pro·pri′e·tor·ship′ n.
The proprietor of a hotel, shop, newspaper, or other business is the person who owns it.
Someone who owns a business or a property is a proprietor. A bookstore proprietor might wish she became a librarian instead so the books would come back. The first part of proprietor sounds a lot like "property," and a proprietor is someone with ownership of property.
Definition of proprietor noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
