Both Uses of
proprietor
in
The Fountainhead
- There were distinguished men and well-dressed, tight-lipped women; each woman seemed to feel an exclusive proprietorship of the art practiced by her escort, a monopoly guarded by resentful glances at the others.†
Chpt 2.12
- But most of him was not conscious of the thought nor of the intimate proprietorship with which he opened the bag.†
Chpt 2.14 *
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.