All 6 Uses
proprietor
in
The Hitch-Hikers
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- Mr. Gene, the proprietor, a white-haired man with little dark freckles all over his face and hands, looked up and shoved out his arm at the same time.†
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- The proprietor let his laugh out like a flood.†
- "Dyin" of old age, that's what he's doin'!" blurted the proprietor as if in anger.†
- The proprietor was talking in short breaths.†
- But it was for the proprietor.†
- He took the bunch of keys which the proprietor was handing him.†
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.