Both Uses
proprietor
in
A Walk to Remember
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- In a small town like this, it was impossible to simply run inside and grab the can without chatting with the proprietor or saying hello to someone else you might recognize.†
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- Thinking that it was a mistake, I went out the next day, hauled a few dozen boxes, and chatted with another twenty proprietors while I collected cans and jars.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(proprietor) the owner of a business
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) More rarely, proprietor can reference someone with sole or partial ownership of anything -- such as a trademark.