See Also: Proprietor(money)
proprietor(dictionary)
proprietor(dictionary)
PROPRIETOR(law)

proprietor (iou)



proprietor noun. L15.
[from PROPRIETARY by substitution of suffix -OR.]
A person holding something as property; an owner, esp. of a business, as a shop, restaurant, etc., or of land. L15.
peasant proprietor a peasant who owns the land he or she cultivates.
V. Brittain The proprietor of the small hotel. P. Howard The ambition of newspaper proprietors.
Hist. An owner or grantee of a proprietary colony. Also lord proprietor. M17.
proprietorship noun (a) the position or condition of a proprietor, ownership; (b) a piece of land owned by a proprietor: M17.