From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Owner \Own"er\, noun One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" [syn: {proprietor}]
2: a person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?" [syn: {possessor}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
25 Moby Thesaurus words for "owner": beneficiary, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, deedholder, feoffee, feudatory, holder, householder, laird, landlady, landlord, lord, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, possessor, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, squire, titleholder
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