- owner, proprietor - (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
--1 is a kind of businessman, man of affairs
--1 has particulars:bookseller; lessor, lease giver; letter; patron; proprietress; publisher, newspaper publisher; renter; restaurateur, restauranter; saloon keeper; timberman Derived form: verb own1 - owner, possessor - a person who owns something; "they are searching for the owner of the car"; "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"
--2 is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
--2 has particulars:homeowner, householder; landowner, landholder, property owner; part-owner; saver; shipowner; slaveholder, slave owner, slaver Derived form: verb own1