proprietor

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Hypernyms 1.3.3 Coordinate terms 1.3.4 Translations 1.3.5 See also 2 Latin 2.1 Noun

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin proprietor (cfr. infra), from proprietas, 'property', from proprius '(one's) own'

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[edit] Noun

proprietor (plural proprietors)

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

   From 10 September 1621 till 12 June 1632, Sir William Alexander, styled Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada, was proprietor of the Scottish colony Nova Scotia

[edit] Derived terms

• Lord proprietor
• proprietorship
• sole proprietor

[edit] Hypernyms

• entrepreneur

[edit] Coordinate terms

• partner

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[edit] See also

• appropriate
• corporation
• proper
• property

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[edit] Noun

proprietor, genitive proprietoris

1. An owner