proprietor
/pɹəˈpɹaɪətɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An owner.
noun
A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor.
noun
One of the owners of an unincorporated business, a partner.
Example Sentences
- "Here the proprietor has had the good sense of holding on to the good old fashion of giving his customers their moneyworth of good wines and liquors."
- "The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position. British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins."
- "From 10 September 1621 till 12 June 1632, Sir William Alexander, styled Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada, was proprietor of the Scottish colony Nova Scotia."
Etymology
Probably from proprietary + -or.
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
Derived Forms
Phrases
Lord proprietor
sole proprietor