proprietor
noun
the owner of a business establishment, a hotel, etc.
proprietors
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pluralof proprietor.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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They play Bertha and Seth Holley, the married proprietors of the boarding house.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 26, 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
This should lead to, among other thing, higher after-tax earnings for sole proprietors and small firms; stronger loan demand for community banks; and better exit economics for early stage investors, SocGen reckons.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 27, 2025
However, the DfE confirmed its due diligence checks did not examine the financial background of independent schools' prospective proprietors.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
As early as 1852 there was a restaurant at the summit and the proprietors were serving about a hundred meals a day.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
