proprietress

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

proprietor +‎ -ess

Noun

proprietress (plural proprietresses, masculine proprietor)

A female proprietor.
Synonyms: proprietrix, owneress
- a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN, page 55:
  In addition, the proprietress is a Nazi. We barely escaped with our lives.

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