: 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
She is the proprietor of the store. the proprietor of a used-car dealership
Recent Examples on the WebSnell 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