English noun: proprietor | |||
1. | proprietor (person) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business | ||
Samples | He is the owner of a chain of restaurants. | ||
Synonyms | owner | ||
Broader (hypernym) | businessman, man of affairs | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bookseller, lease giver, lessor, letter, newspaper publisher, patron, proprietress, publisher, renter, restauranter, restaurateur, saloon keeper, timberman | ||
Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||