proprietor
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Proprietor Romain Escoffier confirmed a recent uptick in American diners, “opening the doors of our city, eager to discover a certain art de vivre unique to Burgundy.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 2, 2025
The inscription on the token says: "The Proprietor of this Ticket is entitled to the sight of every performance to be exhibited in this house".
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023
Proprietor Jake Conroy aims to reopen after complying with DAR orders.
From Washington Times • Feb. 16, 2023
George Calvert died before the grant was complete, but his son Cecilius Calvert became the next Lord Baltimore and first Lord Proprietor of Maryland, developing his colony on familiar lines.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Proprietor, prō-prī′e-tor, n. one who has anything as his property: an owner:—fem.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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