proprietress
Example Sentences
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In counterpoint to the expanding mystery, much of which revolves around a seedy bar named the Birdhouse, is Graham’s cautious courting of the proprietress of a popular bakery.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 14, 2026
When Ady and Sanite are separated, Ady meets Lenore, proprietress of the Mockingbird Inn.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
Eventually, in 2008, Helen Uffner Vintage Clothing moved to Long Island City, after its proprietress faced fines of $1,000 a day if she did not vacate her existing space.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2022
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 proprietress was a smiling mamasanta, tormented by a mania for opening and closing doors.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
