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Noun: owner  ow-nu(r)
  1. A person who owns something
    "who is the owner of that friendly smile?"; "they are searching for the owner of the car";
    - possessor
     
  2. (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
    "he is the owner of a chain of restaurants";
    - proprietor

Derived forms: owners

Type of: actor, bourgeois, businessperson, doer, worker

Encyclopedia: Owner