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noun(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
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- publisher the proprietor of a newspaper
- patron the proprietor of an inn
- landowner a holder or proprietor of land
- bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore
- restaurateur the proprietor of a restaurant
- padrone an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
- proprietress a woman proprietor
- proprietary colony a colony given to a proprietor to govern (in 17th century)
- shop bell a bell attached to the door of a small shop; warns the proprietor that a customer has entered the shop
- newspaper publisher the proprietor of a newspaper