proprietor
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
proprietor/prəˈprʌɪətə(r)/
▶noun (fem. proprietress)
- 1 the owner of a business.
- 2 a holder of property.
– derivatives
proprietorship noun.
proprietorship noun.
'proprietor' also found in these Oxford entries:
esquire
- heritor
- ironmaster
- mansion house
- Pimm's
- prop.
- proprietary
- publisher
- Pulitzer Prize
