proprietor C2+ Topic:Business & Commerce US /prəˈpraɪətɚ/ UK /prəˈpraɪətə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the owner of a business or property The proprietor greeted every regular customer by name. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the owner of a business or... ownerholderlandlordmasterpossessorkeeper ↔ Opposites tenantrenteremployeelessee Word family Derived forms proprietorshipproprietressproprietorial Related forms propertyproprietarypropriety Etymology AI details An alteration of earlier proprietary, from Late Latin proprietarius ('owner'), from Latin proprietas ('ownership, property'), from proprius ('one's own'). proprietarius Latin proprius Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Business & Commerce Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # proprietor **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /prəˈpraɪətɚ/ **IPA (UK):** /prəˈpraɪətə/ ## Meanings 1. the owner of a business or property ## Examples - The proprietor greeted every regular customer by name. ## Synonyms - owner - holder - landlord - master - possessor - keeper ## Antonyms - tenant - renter - employee - lessee ## Derived Forms - proprietorship - proprietress - proprietorial ## Related Forms - property - proprietary - propriety ## Roots and Affixes - Root: proprietarius - Root: proprius ## Etymology An alteration of earlier proprietary, from Late Latin proprietarius ('owner'), from Latin proprietas ('ownership, property'), from proprius ('one's own'). ## AI Etymology Proprietor is an alteration of earlier proprietary, from Late Latin proprietarius ('owner'), from Latin proprietas ('ownership, property'), from proprius ('one's own'). Important recorded forms include proprietarius (Latin) and proprius (Latin). The current sense covers the owner of a business or property. The wider family includes derived forms such as proprietorship, proprietress, and proprietorial and related words such as property, proprietary, and propriety. ## Topics - Business & Commerce - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown