OWNER

owner, proprietor

(noun) (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; ā€œhe is the owner of a chain of restaurantsā€

owner, possessor

(noun) a person who owns something; ā€œthey are searching for the owner of the carā€; ā€œwho is the owner of that friendly smile?ā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

owner (plural owners)

One who owns something.

(nautical, slang) The captain of a ship.

Synonyms

• (one who owns): possessor, proprietor (of a business, etc)

Anagrams

• Rowen, rewon, rowen, worne

Source: Wiktionary


Own"er, n.

Definition: One who owns; a rightful proprietor; one who has the legal or rightful title, whether he is the possessor or not. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

22 February 2025

ANALYSIS

(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ā€˜the father of the brideā€™ instead of ā€˜the brideā€™s fatherā€™


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