单词 | proprietor |
释义 | proprietorn. 1. A person who owns something, or who has a (usually exclusive) right or title to its use or disposal; an owner, esp. of land, or (in later use) of a business. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner ownerOE owerc1350 proprietary1473 proprietar1489 proprietor1537 proprietory1548 propriary1606 impropriator1631 propriate1660 propriétaire1789 main-master1845 prop.?1880 1537 in J. Robertson Illustr. Topogr. & Antiq. Aberdeen & Banff (1847) II. 366 Patrick Cheyne..fewar and proprietor of the landis of Lethnot. 1600 Court Rec. 6 Nov. in H. Stevens Dawn. Brit. Trade. E. Indies (1886) 71 It is ordered that Mr Wyseman and Mr Burrell shall take and vse the mast that lyeth on the key at Savages wch was Aldr Bannynges mast and the Company will save him harmeles therin and satisfie the proprietors thereof. 1645 in Rec. Mass. Bay (1854) III. 27 Mr. Glouer [and 3 others] are appointed a committee to lay out ye way and judge of ye satisfaccion yey shall give to ye proprietors. a1667 A. Cowley Agric. in Ess. in Verse & Prose in Wks. (1684) 99 They who are Proprietors of the Land are either too proud, or for want of that kind of Education, too ignorant to improve their Estates. 1681 N. Luttrell Diary in Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs (1857) I. 142 The proprietors of the 800 iron guns here..have orders..not to dispose of them. 1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. vii. 258 The Maker and Proprietor of the World. 1744 E. Young Complaint: Night the Sixth 15 Hearts are Proprietors of all Applause. 1774 T. Jefferson Rights of Brit. Amer. in Writings (1984) 121 They know..that kings are the servants, not the proprietors of the people. 1811 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) VII. 406 I shall pay the proprietor of the ferry boats any reasonable sum for the time. 1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece VI. ii. liii. 559 A large proprietor and worker of gold mines. 1880 Harper's Mag. Jan. 205/1 When we came back, and found one [store] open, the proprietor rose from his bed to make a small sale. 1922 R. Parrish Case & Girl 133 It was plainly evident the proprietor of the saloon felt no enthusiasm over his unknown customers. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Macropædia XV. 243/2 Many of Scripps' methods were adopted by his rivals and by newspaper proprietors in other countries. 2000 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Nov. 194/1 It had taken him weeks to locate a steady source of heroin: the disabled proprietor of a shoeshine stand. 2. spec. In pre-Independence North America and other British colonies: a person holding granted rights of government. Cf. proprietary n. 2b. Also more fully lord proprietor. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > owner of North American colony proprietary1637 proprietor1637 1637 in Arch. Maryland (1887) IV. 4 To answere the severall crimes of sedition, pyracie and murther w[hi]ch shalbe on the Lord Proprietors behalfe. 1680 J. Brown Remonstrance Grievances & Oppressions 2 Iames late Earl of Carlisle, by colour of a pretended Grant, as Lord Proprietor of the Caribee Islands..enters the said Island by force of Arms. 1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 230 The Chieff Proprietor and Govr acquainted them that he had little more to say. 1722 D. Defoe Moll Flanders 410 We purchased of the Proprietors of the Colony, as much Land for 35 Pound..as would make a sufficient Plantation. 1751 Memorial St Lucia in Memorials Courts of Brit. & France (1756) 57 The ancient Proprietor Lord Carlisle, having surrendered his Patent, one Moiety of the Revenue of the Carribbee Islands was granted to Lord Willoughby. 1785 T. Jefferson Notes Virginia xxiii. 358 Surrender from the proprietors of E. and W. N. Jersey of their pretended right of government to her majesty Q. Anne. 1851 W. H. Dixon W. Penn xi. 368 The future lord proprietor of Pennsylvania. 1882 Cent. Mag. Apr. 943/1 The Carolina proprietors wanted the colonists to chase away the pirates who flocked into Charleston to buy sea-stores. 1960 J. Barth Sot-weed Factor ii. xxx. 448 Shall the Lord Proprietor learn that such crimes go unredressed in the inns of his province? 2004 G. C. Rhea Carrying Flag 26 Two rivers, later named the Ashley and the Cooper after Lord Ashley Cooper, a lord proprietor of the new colony. Compounds Appositive, as proprietor-farmer, proprietor-manager, etc. ΚΠ 1792 A. Young Trav. France xxii. 544 But after this discount is allowed, the balance, in favour of the little proprietor farmers, must be very great. 1891 Lit. World 2 Jan. 11/3 In honour of the birthday of the Proprietor-Editor. 1901 Daily News 18 Feb. 6/6 Even a proprietor-manager could hardly afford such regal garments. 1959 D. Lindsey ‘Sunset’ Cox i. 3 In a short time he had built a paper mill and was proprietor-editor of the Muskingum Messenger. 2005 Nelson (N.Z.) Mail (Nexis) 3 Sept. 13 At 61, he's now loving life as a vineyard proprietor-manager. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1537 |
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