Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO-PRI'E-TOR
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PRO-PRI'E-TOR, n. [from L. proprietas, proprius.]
An owner; the person who has the legal right or exclusive title to any thing whether in possession or not; as, the proprietor of a farm or of a mill. By the gift of God, man is constituted the proprietor of the earth.
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