Proprietor

n.

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One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.

Noun

1.

proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" Synonyms: owner

PROPRIETOR. The owner. (q.v.)

beneficiary, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, deedholder, feoffee, feudatory, holder, householder, innkeeper, laird, landholder, landlady, landlord, landowner, licensee, lord, manager, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, owner, partner, possessor, property owner, proprietary, proprietress, proprietrix, publican, rentier, squire, titleholder