owner
(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,667 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 6,260 times across 155,139 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business also: proprietor he is the owner of a chain of restaurants
- a person who owns something also: possessor they are searching for the owner of the carwho is the owner of that friendly smile?
owner in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You simply see a slave being flogged and you assault his owner.
With Lee in Virginia · G. A. (George Alfred) Henty · Chapter 2
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Its owner, Mr. Lefroy, told me that Miss Edgeworth had been constantly there.
Castle Rackrent · Maria Edgeworth · Chapter 1
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He was absolute owner as well as captain, and his own buyer and seller as well.
The Belted Seas · Arthur Colton · Chapter 1
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Both women made a movement to restore it to its embarrassed owner, who, however, quickly anticipated them.
A Phyllis of the Sierras · Bret Harte · Chapter 1
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By the law of nations, the taking of goods by piracy does not divest the actual owner of them.
The pirates own book · Charles Ellms · Chapter 1