Definition of proprietor Proprietor

/pɹʌpɹajˈʌtɚ/ - [pruprayuter] - pro•pri•e•tor

We found 8 definitions of proprietor from 5 different sources.

What does proprietor mean?

Noun
proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
		owner
		businessman, man of affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
		jurisprudence, law the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
		bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore
		lease giver, lessor someone who grants a lease
		letter a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
		patron a regular customer
		proprietress a woman proprietor
		newspaper publisher, publisher a firm in the publishing business
		renter an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person
		restauranter, restaurateur the proprietor of a restaurant
		saloon keeper the proprietor of a saloon

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proprietor (Noun)
An owner.
proprietor (Noun)
A sole owner of an unincorporated business , also called a sole proprietor .
proprietor (Noun)
One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
proprietor (Noun)
One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration.

proprietor (n.)
One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.

proprietor
prō-prī′e-tor, n. one who has anything as his property: an owner:—fem. Proprī′etress, Proprī′etrix.—adjs. Proprī′etary, Proprietō′rial, belonging to a proprietor.—n. Proprī′etary, a proprietor, owner: a body of proprietors: the rights of a proprietor.—n. Proprī′etorship, state or right of a proprietor: ownership.—Proprietary right, the right of a proprietor: the common-law right of a playwright to control production or representation of his drama so long as unpublished: the right when protected by copyright after publication