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PROPRIETRESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does proprietress mean?
• PROPRIETRESS (noun)
The noun PROPRIETRESS has 1 sense:
1. a woman proprietor
Familiarity information: PROPRIETRESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A woman proprietor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("proprietress" is a kind of...):
owner; proprietor ((law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business)
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