proprietor

1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business (synset 110408623)
   "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
   referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
   is a type of: businessman, man of affairs - a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
   subtypes:

   • bookseller - the proprietor of a bookstore
   • lease giver, lessor - someone who grants a lease
   • letter - owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
   • patron - the proprietor of an inn
   • proprietress - a woman proprietor
   • newspaper publisher, publisher - the proprietor of a newspaper
   • renter - an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person
   • restauranter, restaurateur - the proprietor of a restaurant
   • saloon keeper - the proprietor of a saloon
   • timberman - an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering
   same as: owner

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