OWNER (owner)
Dictionary entry overview: What does owner mean?
• OWNER (noun)
The noun OWNER has 2 senses:
1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
2. a person who owns something
Familiarity information: OWNER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OWNER (noun)
Meaning:
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
owner; proprietor
Context example:
he is the owner of a chain of restaurants
Hypernyms ("owner" is a kind of...):
businessman; man of affairs (a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive))
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "owner"):
bookseller (the proprietor of a bookstore)
timberman (an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering)
saloon keeper (the proprietor of a saloon)
restauranter; restaurateur (the proprietor of a restaurant)
renter (an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another)
newspaper publisher; publisher (the proprietor of a newspaper)
proprietress (a woman proprietor)
patron (the proprietor of an inn)
letter (owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire)
lease giver; lessor (someone who grants a lease)
Meaning:
A person who owns something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
possessor; owner
Context examples:
they are searching for the owner of the car / who is the owner of that friendly smile?
Hypernyms ("owner" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "owner"):
shipowner (someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship)
saver (someone who saves (especially money))
part-owner (a person who owns something in common with others)
landholder; landowner; property owner (a holder or proprietor of land)
homeowner; householder (someone who owns a home)
slave owner; slaveholder; slaver (someone who owns slaves)
