proprietor

C2+ Topic:Word Formation & Derivatives

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... owner holder landlord master possessor keeper

Opposites

tenant renter employee lessee

Word family

Derived forms proprietorshipproprietressproprietorial

Related forms property proprietary propriety

Etymology

An alteration of earlier proprietary, from Late Latin proprietarius ('owner'), from Latin proprietas ('ownership, property'), from proprius ('one's own').

proprietarius Latin proprius Latin

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Topics

Word Formation & Derivatives General Vocabulary

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# 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
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- General Vocabulary

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