#proprietor__owner someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business; "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants"
supertype: businessman__man_of_affairs a person engaged in commercial or industrial business (especially an owner or executive)
subtype: bookseller the proprietor of a bookstore
subtype: lessor__lease_giver__leasegiver someone who grants a lease
subtype: letter.proprietor owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire
subtype: patronne__patron (Italian) the proprietor of an inn
subtype: innkeeper__host the owner or manager of an inn
subtype: hostess a woman innkeeper
subtype: padrone.innkeeper an owner or proprietor of an inn in Italy
subtype: victualer__victualler an innkeeper (especially British)
subtype: proprietress a woman proprietor
subtype: newspaper_publisher__newspaperpublisher__publisher the proprietor of a newspaper
subtype: press_lord__presslord a powerful newspaper proprietor
instance: 1st_Baron_Beaverbrook__Beaverbrook__William_Maxwell_Aitken Alfred_Charles_William_Harmsworth__Harmsworth__Viscount_Northcliffe Benjamin_Harris__Harris William_Randolph_Hearst__Hearst Joseph_Pulitzer__Pulitzer James_Edmund_Scripps__Scripps Edward_Wyllis_Scripps__Scripps
subtype: renter an owner who receives payment for the use of their property by another
subtype: restaurateur__restauranter the proprietor of a restaurant
subtype: saloon_keeper the proprietor of a saloon
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