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Definition of proprietresses - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅pri⋅e⋅tress

  [pruh-prahy-i-tris]
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–noun
1. a woman who owns a business establishment.
2. a woman who has the exclusive right or title to something.
Origin:
1685–95; propriet(o)r + -ess

Usage note:
See -ess.
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pro·pri·e·tress   (prə-prī'ĭ-trĭs)   
n.  

  1. A woman who has legal title to something; an owner.

  2. A woman who owns or owns and manages a business or other such establishment. See Usage Note at -ess.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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