"proprietor" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/ Audio: En-us-proprietor.ogg [US] Forms: proprietors [plural], proprietress [feminine]
Etymology: Probably from proprietary + -or. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|proprietary|or}} proprietary + -or Head templates: {{head|en|noun|plural|proprietors|feminine|proprietress}} proprietor (plural proprietors, feminine proprietress)
  1. An owner. Translations (owner): տեր (ter) (Armenian), মালিক (malik) (Bengali), собственик (sobstvenik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), притежател (pritežatel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), خاوەن (xawen) (Central Kurdish), 所有者 (suǒyǒuzhe) (Chinese Mandarin), 業主 (Chinese Mandarin), 业主 (yèzhǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), majitel [masculine] (Czech), vlastník [masculine] (Czech), eigenaar [masculine] (Dutch), bezitter [masculine] (Dutch), omistaja (Finnish), propriétaire [feminine, masculine] (French), Inhaber [masculine] (German), Inhaberin [feminine] (German), Besitzer [masculine] (German), Besitzerin [feminine] (German), Eigentümer [masculine] (German), ιδιοκτήτης (idioktítis) [masculine] (Greek), tulajdonos (Hungarian), úinéir [masculine] (Irish), proprietario [masculine] (Italian), 所有者 (shoyūsha) (Japanese), 経営者 (keieisha) (Japanese), иеленуші (ielenuşı) (Kazakh), со́пственик (sópstvenik) [masculine] (Macedonian), стопан (stopan) [masculine] (Macedonian), pemilik (Malay), shellooder [masculine] (Manx), rangatira (Maori), innehaver [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), eier [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), innehavar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), eigar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), āgendfrēa (english: lord) (Old English), Ieejendeema [masculine] (Plautdietsch), proprietário [masculine] (Portuguese), dono [masculine] (Portuguese), proprietar [masculine] (Romanian), владе́лец (vladélec) [masculine] (Russian), владе́лица (vladélica) [feminine] (Russian), со́бственник (sóbstvennik) [masculine] (Russian), со́бственница (sóbstvennica) [feminine] (Russian), patruni [masculine] (Sicilian), patruni 'i casa [masculine] (Sicilian), prupitariu [masculine] (Sicilian), lastnik [masculine] (Slovene), propietario (Spanish), ägare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-proprietor-en-noun-Ys5n0PNb Disambiguation of 'owner': 72 18 8 2
  2. A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor. Translations (sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor): omistaja (Finnish), Alleininhaber [masculine] (German), Einzelinhaber [masculine] (German), ιδιοκτήτης (idioktítis) [masculine] (Greek), 所有者 (shoyūsha) (Japanese), 経営者 (keieisha) (Japanese), principali [masculine] (Sicilian)
    Sense id: en-proprietor-en-noun-FQj0ve5Z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 51 22 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 3 49 24 24 Disambiguation of 'sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor': 15 63 17 4
  3. One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner. Translations (one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner): mede-eigenaar [masculine] (Dutch), partner [masculine] (Dutch), omistaja (Finnish), partneri (Finnish), Mitinhaber [masculine] (German), 所有者 (shoyūsha) (english: an owner) (Japanese), 所有者団体 (shoyūsha-dantai) (english: owners) (Japanese), cumpari [masculine] (Sicilian), delägare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-proprietor-en-noun-8DTy3M~8 Disambiguation of 'one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner': 6 15 76 3
  4. (history) One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration. Categories (topical): History
    Sense id: en-proprietor-en-noun-~bHsB81K Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: entrepreneur Derived forms: Lord proprietor, proprietorship, proprietress, sole proprietor Related terms: appropriate, corporation, proper, property Coordinate_terms: partner

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          "word": "стопан"
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          "word": "pemilik"
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          "word": "shellooder"
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          "word": "rangatira"
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          "word": "eigar"
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          "code": "ang",
          "english": "lord",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "owner",
          "word": "āgendfrēa"
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          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "owner",
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          "word": "Ieejendeema"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "owner",
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          "sense": "owner",
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          "word": "dono"
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "owner",
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vladélec",
          "sense": "owner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "владе́лец"
        },
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vladélica",
          "sense": "owner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "владе́лица"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sóbstvennik",
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          "word": "со́бственник"
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          "roman": "sóbstvennica",
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        },
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          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "owner",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "owner",
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          "tags": [
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "Einzelinhaber"
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          "roman": "idioktítis",
          "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
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          "word": "経営者"
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          "word": "principali"
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          "code": "nl",
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          "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
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          "word": "mede-eigenaar"
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          "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "partner"
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        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
          "word": "omistaja"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
          "word": "partneri"
        },
        {
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Mitinhaber"
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          "code": "ja",
          "english": "an owner",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shoyūsha",
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          "word": "所有者"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "տեր"
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "মালিক"
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "所有者"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "業主"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yèzhǔ",
      "sense": "owner",
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      ],
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "omistaja"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
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        "masculine"
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      "word": "propriétaire"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Inhaber"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Eigentümer"
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      "code": "el",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "hu",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "owner",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "word": "shellooder"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "rangatira"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "dono"
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      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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      "sense": "owner",
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      "code": "ru",
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    },
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "owner",
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "owner",
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "patruni 'i casa"
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    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "prupitariu"
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "owner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lastnik"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "owner",
      "word": "propietario"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "owner",
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      "word": "ägare"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
      "word": "omistaja"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Alleininhaber"
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      "code": "de",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "el",
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      "roman": "idioktítis",
      "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "ιδιοκτήτης"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "shoyūsha",
      "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
      "word": "所有者"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "keieisha",
      "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called sole proprietor",
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      "word": "principali"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
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        "masculine"
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    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Mitinhaber"
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      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "one of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner",
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
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