owner
English
Etymology
own + -er
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊnɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊnə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: own‧er
Noun
owner (plural owners)
- One who owns something.
- The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (one who owns): possessor, proprietor (of a business, etc)
Derived terms
- co-owner
- landowner
- ownership
- shopowner, shop owner
- slave owner, slaveowner
Related terms
- own
Descendants
- → Japanese: オーナー (ōnā)
Translations
one who owns
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Anagrams
- Rowen, rewon, rowen, worne