PROPRIETOR

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does proprietor mean? 

• PROPRIETOR (noun)
  The noun PROPRIETOR has 1 sense:

1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

  Familiarity information: PROPRIETOR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PROPRIETOR (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 ("proprietor" 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 "proprietor"):

bookseller (the proprietor of a bookstore)

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)

timberman (an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering)