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TOEFL BNC: 6051 COCA: 10859

proprietor

1 ENTRIES FOUND:
proprietor /prəˈprajətɚ/ noun
plural proprietors
proprietor
/prəˈprajətɚ/
noun
plural proprietors
Learner's definition of PROPRIETOR
[count] formal
: a person who owns a business or property业主;所有人

— proprietorship

/prəˈprajətɚˌʃɪp/ noun, plural proprietorships
[count]
[noncount]
TOEFL BNC: 6051 COCA: 10859

proprietor

noun

pro·​pri·​e·​tor prə-ˈprī-ə-tər How to pronounce proprietor (audio)
1
: one granted ownership of a colony (such as one of the original American colonies) and full prerogatives of establishing a government and distributing land
2
a
: 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

Example Sentences

She is the proprietor of the store. the proprietor of a used-car dealership
Recent Examples on the Web Snell is the proprietor of Alta Baja Market in Santa Ana. Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2022 LaVine is the proprietor of Golden Hour Wine, a charming, little Baldwin Park shop. Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2022 And the villains are the elderly proprietor of the remote farm where the crew has set up shop (Stephen Ure) and his equally elderly wife. Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022 His mother’s cousin David Zaken was the proprietor of David Z., a chain of New York City shoe stores. Kareem Rashed, Robb Report, 26 Feb. 2022 From 2002, Jouvenal was the proprietor of the Gandamack Lodge hotel in Kabul, which was the key hotel used by journalists who were covering the Afghan War, until it was closed in 2014. Kylie Atwood And Peter Bergen, CNN, 11 Feb. 2022 Uncle Clifford, played by Nicco Annan, is the nonbinary proprietor of the Pynk, whose wigs sit atop her head like sculpture, with her facial hair carved like the waves in an Edo print. Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Lin makes this explicit in the scenes at Unknown Pleasures, which reveal the complexity of its proprietor’s world. David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2022 Alice Martin opened the original location of her namesake restaurant about 90 years ago, and Maryanne Smith Merritt is the current proprietor of the business that has been in her family since her father bought it in 1939. Bob Carlton | Bcarlton@al.com, al, 21 July 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

alteration of proprietary entry 1

First Known Use

1537, in the meaning defined at sense 2a

Time Traveler
The first known use of proprietor was in 1537
TOEFL BNC: 6051 COCA: 10859
proprietor

noun

ADJECTIVEhotel, newspaper, restaurant旅館/報社/餐館老闆landed土地所有人sole唯一的擁有者He is now sole proprietor of the business.他現在獨自擁有這家公司。

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