A person who has been granted a privilege, title, land, etc., by letters patent. Also figurative.
Originally Law: a person who is granted tenure of a property or fief (cf. investiture, n. 3b) (now historical). Now also gen.: a person who is…
A person who has been granted a patent; one who takes out a patent on an invention, idea, etc.
One who is vested with a right, property, etc. Also transferred. rare.