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DEFINITIONS OF: owner

n a person who owns something

“they are searching for the owner of the car”

“who is the owner of that friendly smile?”

Synonyms:: possessor

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; holder
a person who holds something; homeowner, householder
someone who owns a home; part-owner
a person who owns something in common with others; saver
someone who saves (especially money); shipowner
someone who owns a ship or a share in a ship; ticket holder
holder of a ticket (for admission or for passage); bondholder
a holder of bonds issued by a government or corporation; cardholder
a player who holds a card or cards in a card game; cardholder
a person who holds a credit card or debit card; economiser, economizer
a frugal person who limits spending and avoids waste; hoarder
a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use; incumbent, officeholder
the official who holds an office; jobholder
an employee who holds a regular job; landholder, landowner, property owner
a holder or proprietor of land; leaseholder, lessee
a tenant who holds a lease; mortgage holder, mortgagee
the person who accepts a mortgage; officeholder, officer
someone who is appointed or elected to an office and who holds a position of trust; policyholder
a person who holds an insurance policy; usually, the client in whose name an insurance policy is written; slave owner, slaveholder, slaver
someone who holds slaves; tenant
a holder of buildings or lands by any kind of title (as ownership or lease); weekend warrior
a homeowner who acts as a contractor and tries to do major improvement projects on weekends (often without understanding the scope of the work to be done)

Type of:: individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul
a human being

n (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

“he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”

Synonyms:: proprietor

Examples:: show 7 examples...; hide 7 examples...; William Maxwell Aitken
British newspaper publisher and politician (born in Canada); confidant of Winston Churchill (1879-1964); Alfred Charles William Harmsworth
British newspaper publisher (1865-1922); Benjamin Harris
publisher of the first newspaper printed in America (1673-1713); William Randolph Hearst
United States newspaper publisher whose introduction of large headlines and sensational reporting changed American journalism (1863-1951); Joseph Pulitzer
United States newspaper publisher (born in Hungary) who established the Pulitzer prizes (1847-1911); James Edmund Scripps
United States newspaper publisher and half-brother of Edward Wyllis Scripps (1835-1908); Edward Wyllis Scripps
United States newspaper publisher who founded an important press association; half-brother of James Edmund Scripps (1854-1926)

Types:: show 12 types...; hide 12 types...; bookseller
the proprietor of a bookstore; lease giver, lessor
someone who grants a lease; letter
owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire; patron
the proprietor of an inn; proprietress
a woman proprietor; newspaper publisher, publisher
the proprietor of a newspaper; renter
an owner of property who receives payment for its use by another person; restauranter, restaurateur
the proprietor of a restaurant; saloon keeper
the proprietor of a saloon; timberman
an owner or manager of a company that is engaged in lumbering; boniface, host, innkeeper
the owner or manager of an inn; press lord
a powerful newspaper proprietor

Type of:: businessman, man of affairs
a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)

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