Both Uses of
proprietor
in
Cold Sassy Tree
- In fancy red letters outlined in gold it said: GENERAL MERCHANDISE Mr. E. Rucker Blakeslee, Proprietor Besides keeping the store's ledgers, my daddy took a lot of the buying trips to Atlanta and Baltimore and New York City.†
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- You can put 'Clem Crummy, Proprietor' on yore sign if you got a mind to, but what it's go'n be called is the Rucker Blakeslee Ho-tel.†
Definition:
the owner of a business