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proprietress
[pruh-prahy-i-tris]
noun
a woman who owns a business establishment.
a woman who has the exclusive right or title to something.
Gender Note
Word History and Origins
Origin of proprietress1
Example Sentences
“Show me yours, I’ll show you mine” is the ethos of the Broken Hearts Gallery, espoused by its proprietress.
Allan said Theatre’s turned out to be an Irish pub, with wonderful food and a lovely proprietress who was very kind to the awkward young American.
The star of “Mean Girls” is now the proprietress of “Lindsay Lohan’s Beach Club” on the Greek island of Mykonos in this new reality series.
The proprietress’s grandiose ideas about what she will do for her guests take up significant space, too.
The proprietress was a smiling mamasanta, tormented by a mania for opening and closing doors.
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