proprietor
noun
the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
proprietorial
-
a word derived from
proprietor.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Robbins writes with an almost proprietorial love for Zurbarán and hence should get the last word.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
One wonders if that’s going to change, but I kind of feel a little proprietorial about that relationship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2023
They know the value of having a free-thinking, unattached news organisation which can look into places others don’t because of commercial or proprietorial interest.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 14, 2018
"Kids and mummies would grab a paintbrush and do a little corner," Swords says, although he admits he became "a little proprietorial" and regularly touched up their work.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2017
In the dunes, close to where Turner and the corporals stood, men had already dug themselves holes from which they peeped out, proprietorial and smug.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
