Proprietor

prō-prī′e-tor, n. one who has anything as his property: an owner:— fem. Proprī′etre , Proprī′etrix .— adjs. Proprī′etary , Proprietō′rial , belonging to a proprietor.— n. Proprī′etary , a proprietor, owner: a body of proprietors: the rights of a proprietor.— n. Proprī′etorship , state or right of a proprietor: ownership.— Proprietary right , the right of a proprietor: the common-law right of a playwright to control production or representation of his drama so long as unpublished: the right when protected by copyright after publication.