proprietor
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From Latin proprietor (cfr. infra), from proprietas, 'property', from proprius '(one's) own'
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proprietor (plural proprietors)
- An owner
- A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor
- One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner
- (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
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owner
sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor
one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner
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proprietor, genitive proprietoris
- An owner

