proprietress
Example Sentences
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Khadijo Warsam, proprietress of the Zahra Cafe stall was feeling some relief.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 30, 2026
Farther down Tsentralna, at the Flower Cafe — which sells plants and bouquets as well as food — proprietress Tetiana Lytvynenko, 33, was serving up paninis and coffee.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
The cast is undeniably B-list, and genre conventions cling to their roles like barnacles: the world-weary but wise cafe proprietress, the hooker with a heart of gold.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
There’s an uncomfortable scene in “Samurai Gourmet” when the protagonist can’t muster the courage to tell the intimidating proprietress of a Chinese restaurant that the heartless bowl of noodles she served him is bad.
From Salon ● Jul. 28, 2018
The large proprietress in a butcher’s apron came out of the kitchen lugging tubs full of more black gelatin.
From "The Woman Warrior" by Maxine Hong Kingston
