All 4 Uses of
proprietor
in
Jane Eyre
- "Yes," she said, "it is a pretty place; but I fear it will be getting out of order, unless Mr. Rochester should take it into his head to come and reside here permanently; or, at least, visit it rather oftener: great houses and fine grounds require the presence of the proprietor."†
p. 118.8
- Mr. Rochester was Mr. Rochester in her eyes; a gentleman, a landed proprietor —nothing more: she inquired and searched no further, and evidently wondered at my wish to gain a more definite notion of his identity.†
p. 124.8 *
- Her salary will be thirty pounds a year: her house is already furnished, very simply, but sufficiently, by the kindness of a lady, Miss Oliver; the only daughter of the sole rich man in my parish — Mr. Oliver, the proprietor of a needle-factory and iron-foundry in the valley.†
p. 408.4
- I found it a large, handsome residence, showing abundant evidences of wealth in the proprietor.†
p. 426.5
Definitions:
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(1)
(proprietor) the owner of a business
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, proprietor can reference someone with sole or partial ownership of anything -- such as a trademark.