proprietor
proprietor Lexical Profile
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• noun
A person who owns a business, commercial establishment, or piece of real property, especially a hotel, shop, or restaurant.
"The proprietor of the neighborhood bakery greeted her regular customers by name every morning."
A person or entity that holds the exclusive legal right to use, manufacture, or sell a patented invention, trademark, or copyrighted work.
"As the registered proprietor of the trademark, the company took immediate action against counterfeit imports."
American In colonial American history, an individual or group granted royal authority to establish, govern, and own land in a proprietary colony.
"William Penn served as the original proprietor of the Province of Pennsylvania under a royal charter from King Charles II."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Coined in the early 17th century as an alteration of the obsolete noun 'proprietary', borrowed via Old French from Late Latin 'proprietarius' (owner of property), ultimately from Latin 'proprietas' (ownership) and 'proprius' (one's own).