Proprietor Definition

prə-prīĭ-tər
proprietors
noun
proprietors
A person who has a legal title or exclusive right to some property; owner.
Webster's New World
The owner of a proprietary colony.
Webster's New World
One who owns and operates a business establishment.
Webster's New World

(history) 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.
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Singular:
proprietor
Plural:
proprietors

Origin of Proprietor

  • Borrowed from Latin proprietor (see below), from proprietas, 'property', from proprius '(one's) own'

    From Wiktionary

  • Probably alteration of Middle English proprietarie proprietary

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Proprietor Sentence Examples

  • The proprietor having become a Protestant, the proprietary government was restored in 1715.

  • Jackson, a hotel proprietor, from whose building Ellsworth had removed a Confederate flag.

  • The effect of the original system was that a vakuf property became the inalienable property of the state, and the original proprietor a mere tenant.

  • From 1880 until his death he was editor and part proprietor of the Philadelphia Press.

  • In 1800 " the landing " received the name Bogardus's Corners," from the proprietor of a local inn.

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