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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Proprietor \Pro*pri"e*tor\, noun [For older proprietary: cf. F. propri['e]tarie.] One who has the legal right or exclusive title to anything, whether in possession or not; an owner; as, the proprietor of farm or of a mill.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
proprietor
noun: (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants" [syn: {owner}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
33 Moby Thesaurus words for "proprietor": beneficiary, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, deedholder, feoffee, feudatory, holder, householder, innkeeper, laird, landholder, landlady, landlord, landowner, licensee, lord, manager, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, owner, partner, possessor, property owner, proprietary, proprietress, proprietrix, publican, rentier, squire, titleholder
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