| 单词 | proprietor |
| 释义 | proprietor (once / 308 pages) n Someone who owns a business or a property is a proprietor. A bookstore proprietor might wish she became a librarian instead so the books would come back. The first part of proprietor sounds a lot like "property," and a proprietor is someone with ownership of property. Sometimes a proprietor oversees the business, such as a restaurant proprietor who is also a chef or hostess, and other times a proprietor owns many businesses and has different people running them. A proprietor of a local bakery might make and sell his own donuts, while the proprietor of a chain of donut shops might work from an office managing the people who manage the stores. WORD FAMILYproprietor: proprietary, proprietors, proprietorship+/proprietary: nonproprietary, proprietaries, proprietarily/proprietorship: proprietorships USAGE EXAMPLESStill, some sole proprietors find they can’t handle all the work themselves. Wall Street Journal(Dec 28, 2016) About 25 percent of proprietors said they were contemplating cutting staff pay. Slate(Dec 14, 2016) Proprietor Chris Smith greets us with a warm manner and firm handshake. Washington Times(Dec 13, 2016) n (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper owner William Maxwell Aitken British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964) Alfred Charles William HarmsworthBritish newspaper publisher (1865-1922) Benjamin Harrispublisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713) William Randolph HearstUnited States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951) Joseph PulitzerUnited States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911) James Edmund ScrippsUnited States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908) Edward Wyllis ScrippsUnited States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926) bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore lease giver, lessorsomeone who grants a lease letterowner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire patronthe proprietor of an inn proprietressa woman proprietor newspaper publisher, publisherthe proprietor of a newspaper renteran owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person restauranter, restaurateurthe proprietor of a restaurant saloon keeperthe proprietor of a saloon timbermanan owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering boniface, host, innkeeperthe owner or manager of an inn press lorda powerful newspaper proprietor businessman, man of affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive) |
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