owner

[ oh-ner ]

/ ˈoʊ nər /

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noun

a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.

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Origin of owner

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at own, -er¹

OTHER WORDS FROM owner

non·own·er, noun

Words nearby owner

owl monkey, owl's claws, owl's clover, own, own brand, owner, owner-occupied, owner-occupier, owner-operator, ownership, ownership flat

How to use owner in a sentence

Future versions of the robot will be designed to potentially help address some of these issues, but for now, at least, it’s up to the silo owner to take care of the environmental issues when the robot has identified them.
Crover’s robot swims in grain silos to monitor environmental conditions|Brian Heater|September 17, 2020|TechCrunch
Google wrote “when a site becomes eligible for crawling over h2, the owners of that site registered in Search Console will get a message saying that some of the crawling traffic may be over h2 going forward.”
GoogleBot to soon crawl over HTTP/2|Barry Schwartz|September 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
SMB surveys often show Facebook as the number one or number two marketing channel used by business owners.
Facebook Business Suite is a new cross-app management tool for SMBs|Greg Sterling|September 17, 2020|Search Engine Land
"Honest Paper" and "Perpetual Market" don't list Epoch Times as their page owner, nor show any other signs of those ties online.
Facebook: Shut It Down|Nick Fouriezos|September 13, 2020|Ozy

Also absent from the updated list was Jessica Koslow, the owner of the restaurant Sqirl in Los Angeles.
The Mess That Is the 2020 James Beard Awards, Explained|Elazar Sontag|September 11, 2020|Eater
The owner of the original video of the “dead cops” chant told me it was taken on 32nd Street between 5th and Madison avenues.
The Monsters Who Screamed for Dead Cops|Jacob Siegel|December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond.
This Week’s Hot Reads: December 22, 2014|Mythili Rao|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The owner of www.blow-me.org is facing a lawsuit for sexual harassment.
Texas Congressman Sued Over "Wet Dreams" About Former Staffer|Ben Jacobs|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She stormed off next door, where the business owner tried to chase Wislon off before the bandit squeezed off a round.
Post Office Robbers More Wanted Than ISIS|M.L. Nestel|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Question 9: If the female captive was impregnated by her owner, can he then sell her?
ISIS Jihadis Get ‘Slavery for Dummies’|Jamie Dettmer|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Rent, the share of the land-owner, offered to the classicist a rather peculiar case.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
By their agreement with the owner, the Company have the right of mining under an area of 185 acres, at a royalty of 6d.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Of the Ten Commandments, seven are designed as defences of the possessions and prerogatives of God and the property-owner.
God and my Neighbour|Robert Blatchford
The rent for which the owner can lease it, emerges simply as a consequence of the existing state of wages and prices.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

British Dictionary definitions for owner

owner

/ (ˈəʊnə) /

noun

a person who owns; legal possessor

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