proprietress

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Tall, plump, blonde, Proprietress Christy was the famed illustrator's chief model for eight years before she became his second wife.

From Time Magazine Archive

Proprietress Guinan was wary because Prohibition agents had once used the ruse of a college youth seeking an interview to hand her an injunction which padlocked one of her raucous night clubs.

From Time Magazine Archive

I think of having a board put up to say that in the absence of the Proprietress the show is closed.

From Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3 by Huxley, Leonard

They stopped at the Hotel de France to speak to the Proprietress, Mme.

From The Idol of Paris by Bernhardt, Sarah

So, instead of buying a Cigar, he conversed with the Proprietress.

From More Fables by Ade, George