All 3 Uses of
proprietor
in
Bleak House
- Skimpole said to Mr. Boythorn's infinite delight) as if he were a considerable landed proprietor in heaven.†
Chpt 16-18
- Mr. Kenge also came to speak to us and did the honours of the place in much the same way, with the bland modesty of a proprietor.†
Chpt 22-24 *
- Which there is nothing derogatory, but far from it in the appellation," says Mr. Snagsby, breaking off with a mistrust that he may have unpolitely asserted a kind of proprietorship in Mr. Weevle, "because I have known writers that have gone into brewers' houses and done really very respectable indeed.†
Chpt 31-33
Definition:
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(proprietor) the owner of a business