proprietor
noun
the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
proprietors
-
pluralof proprietor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The proprietors of Presley’s material are demanding more than $41 million in damages.
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
The change would be even harder for landscapers who work as sole proprietors, with a single vehicle and limited space for charging and storing equipment.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
Bucket shop patrons were positioned heavily for Amalgamated to rise, so the proprietors shorted the stock “to establish as low a quotation as possible,” the Journal wrote.
From Barron's ● Apr. 7, 2026
To keep costs low, the couple looks for contractors who are sole proprietors and don’t have to cover the overhead of a big company.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 10, 2025
There were no pheasant-shooting proprietors then, to see that the undergrowth was thinned, and not one thousandth part of the number of the present-day timber merchants who prune judiciously at the few remaining woods.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
