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Noun: proprietor  pru'prI-i-tu(r)
  1. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
    "he is the proprietor of a chain of restaurants"
    - owner

Derived forms: proprietors

See also: proprietary, proprietorship

Type of: businessman, man of affairs

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