propriétairen.
/ˌprɒprɪəˈtɛː/, U.S. /ˈˌprɑpriəˈtɛ(ə)r/ A proprietor.Chiefly in French or French-speaking contexts.
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the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner
ownerOE
owerc1350
proprietary1473
proprietar1489
proprietor1537
proprietory1548
propriary1606
impropriator1631
propriate1660
propriétaire1789
main-master1845
prop.?1880
society > faith > worship > sacrilege > clerical misbehaviour > [noun] > cleric violating vow of poverty
propertarya1425
proprietary?c1450
propriétaire1789
society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > self-interest > [noun] > self-interested person
propertarya1425
proprietary?c1450
self-seeker1585
turn-server1611
propriétaire1789
axe-grinder1884
main chancer1940
1789 E. Craven Journey through Crimea (ed. 2) 15 I am told the proprietaire had laid out four thousand pounds to repair the house and beautify the gardens.
1832 L. M. Child Coronal 70 She had long been in love with the son of a wealthy proprietaire.
1860 E. C. Gaskell Curious if True in Cornhill Mag. Feb. I don't suppose French proprietaires have traps and horses quite as plentiful as English gentlemen.
1864 D. G. Mitchell Seven Stories 191 My father was a small propriétaire; the house he lived in is not upon the road, or I would show it to you by-and-by.
1929 Times 21 Dec. 7/1 His father, Auguste Loubet, was a small propriétaire, a man who owned and worked his land.
1944 J. M. Lalley & W. F. Sands Our Jungle Diplomacy iv. 211 The proprietaire had bolted the doors; he said he was willing to let one of the soldiers in, but not the whole drunken lot.
2001 M. Lyons Readers & Society 19th-Cent. France ii. 34 There was a substantial number of rentiers and propriétaires, or in other words bourgeois with no profession.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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