owner
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊnɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊnə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: own‧er
Noun
editowner (plural owners)
- One who owns something.
- The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141:
- The marina was filled with yachts and powerboats, sleek multihulls fitted with the latest satellite-navigation gear that would steer the owners painlessly towards similar luxury berths at Portofino and Bandol.
- 2012, Sherri Lackey, The Vrykolakas Deviation, page 117:
- Sometimes the sound was close, as the owner of the voice was wandering just on the outside walls of his living quarters.
- (nautical, slang) The captain of a ship.
- (Philippines) Ellipsis of owner-type jeepney.
Synonyms
edit- (one who owns): possessor, proprietor (of a business, etc)
Derived terms
edit- beneficial owner
- boatowner
- business owner
- by owner
- cabowner
- coalowner
- co-owner
- dishowner
- dogs have owners, cats have staff
- farm owner
- farm owner
- flockowner
- gunowner
- herdowner
- homeowner
- houseowner
- landowner
- laundryowner
- majority owner
- millowner
- mineowner
- multi-owner
- nonowner
- owneress
- ownerless
- owner-occupier
- owner-operator
- ownership
- product owner
- rightsowner
- shareowner
- shipowner
- shopowner, shop owner
- slave owner, slaveowner
- storeowner
- straw owner
- traditional owner
Related terms
editDescendants
edit- → Japanese: オーナー (ōnā)
Translations
editone who owns
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