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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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
The proprietors of Desert 5 Spot in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood also pride themselves on having an eclectic playlist.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
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
Its proprietors wear bedazzled cowboy hats, which cast a shadow on their all-white uniforms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 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
