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adjective
1.
belonging to a proprietor.
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being a proprietor; holding property: the proprietary class.
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pertaining to property or ownership: proprietary wealth.
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belonging or controlled as property.
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EXPANDmanufactured and sold only by the owner of the patent, formula, brand name, or trademark associated with the product: proprietary medicine.
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COLLAPSEprivately owned and operated for profit: proprietary hospitals.
noun
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an owner or proprietor.
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a body of proprietors.
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American History. the grantee or owner, or one of the grantees or owners, of a proprietary colony.
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EXPANDsomething owned, especially real estate.
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a proprietary medicine.
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COLLAPSEAlso called proprietary school. a school organized as a profit-making venture primarily to teach vocational skills or self-improvement techniques.
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Proprietary
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So is sesquipedalianism. Does it mean:
| opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England. |
| given to using long words. |
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| proprietary (prəˈpraɪɪtərɪ, -trɪ) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | of, relating to, or belonging to property or proprietors |
| 2. | privately owned and controlled |
| 3. | med Compare ethical of or denoting a drug or agent manufactured and distributed under a trade name |
| —n , -taries | |
| 4. | med a proprietary drug or agent |
| 5. | a proprietor or proprietors collectively |
| 6. | a. right to property |
| b. property owned | |
| 7. | Also called: lord proprietary (in Colonial America) an owner, governor, or grantee of a proprietary colony |
| [C15: from Late Latin proprietārius an owner, from proprius one's own] | |
| pro'prietarily | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
proprietary
mid-15c., "possessing worldly goods in excess of a cleric's needs," from M.L. proprietarius "owner of property," noun use of L.L. adj. proprietarius "of a property holder," from L. proprietas "owner" (see property). Meaning "held in private ownership" is first attested 1580s.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
proprietary pro·pri·e·tar·y (prə-prī'ĭ-těr'ē)
adj.
Exclusively owned, as of a hospital.
Owned by an individual or corporation under a trademark or patent, as of a drug.
A proprietary medicine.
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Computing Dictionary
proprietary definition
1. In marketroid-speak, superior; implies a product imbued with exclusive magic by the unmatched brilliance of the company's own hardware or software designers.
2. In the language of hackers and users, inferior; implies a product not conforming to open-systems standards, and thus one that puts the customer at the mercy of a vendor who can inflate service and upgrade charges after the initial sale has locked the customer in.
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