English-Spanish translations for proprietor

• propietario
  En el caso de un vertido de petróleo, es muy difícil determinar quién es el propietario del barco y quién es el responsable de la contaminación. In the event of an oil spill it is very hard to determine who the vessel's proprietor is, and who the polluter is.
  Es necesario aplicar urgentemente los principios del mercado común a los propietarios de la energía, que también controlan su distribución. The principles of the common market should be urgently applied to energy proprietors who also control distribution.
  La incontrolada influencia política que tienen los grandes propietarios de los medios de comunicación social es algo que todos conocemos. The uncontrolled political influence that the big proprietors of the media have is something that is familiar to us all.
• dueño
• poseedor

Definition of proprietor

• An owner
• A sole owner of an unincorporated business, also called a sole proprietor
• One or more persons to whom a colonial territory is assigned, like a fief, including its administration

Examples

• From 10 September 1621 till 12 June 1632, Sir William Alexander, styled Earl of Stirling and Viscount of Canada, was proprietor of the Scottish colony Nova Scotia

Related words

• proprietorship
• coproprietor
• sole proprietor
• sole proprietorship