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owner

/ˈoʊnɝ/noun2 syllables

Owner means: (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business.

Synonyms for owner2

noun, as in (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business

proprietor

noun, as in a person who owns something

possessor

What does owner mean?2

noun

1

(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business“he is the owner of a chain of restaurants”

2

a person who owns something“they are searching for the owner of the car”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with owner?5

two syllables

donorstonerbonerlonertoner
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Owner in a sentence

  • For a business owner, having a clear overview of one's entire business is vital.peterius
  • Regulus, the dog, waited for the exact moment to escape from his evil owner.Eccles17
  • The cellphones the man stole were returned to their owner, too!mervert1
  • The dog stared, transfixed, while its owner wound up to throw the ball.mccarras
  • Day after day the dog sat outside the station, waiting for its owner.sundown
  • A weapon is like fire: if not restrained, it burns its owner.AlanF_US
  • When the owner of the house arrived, he found his son dead.calypsow
  • Role play can involve scenarios like teacher-student, doctor-patient, or owner-pet.Ahha

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of owner

as a noun

plural
owners