PROPRIETOR as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
   Synonym(s)
   • owner (what does owner mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • he is the owner of a chain of restaurants
   Hypernyms(s) proprietor is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • businessman (what does businessman mean?)
   • man of affairs (what does man of affairs mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bookseller (what does bookseller mean?)
   • lessor (what does lessor mean?)
   • lease giver (what does lease giver mean?)
   • letter (what does letter mean?)
   • patron (what does patron mean?)
   • proprietress (what does proprietress mean?)
   • publisher (what does publisher mean?)
   • newspaper publisher (what does newspaper publisher mean?)
   • renter (what does renter mean?)
   • restaurateur (what does restaurateur mean?)
   • restauranter (what does restauranter mean?)
   • saloon keeper (what does saloon keeper mean?)
   • timberman (what does timberman mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • own (what does own mean?)
   • have (what does have mean?)
   • possess (what does possess mean?)