proprietor
English
/pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/
noun
Definitions
- 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.
Etymology
Suffix from English proprietary.
Origin
English
proprietary
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- coproprietor English
- coproprietorship English
- non-proprietary English
- nonproprietary English
- proprietarial English
- proprietarian English
- proprietarily English
- proprietariness English
- proprietary English
- proprietorial English
- proprietorially English
- proprietorship English
- proprietress English
- proprietrix English
- poropietari Finnish
- propriétaire French
- proprietær Norwegian Bokmål
- proprietær Norwegian Nynorsk