Of or relating to a proprietor or to ownership, Owned by a private individual or corporation under a trademark or patent, protected by trademark or patent or copyright; made or produced or distributed by one having exclusive rights, noun_ an unincorporated business owned by a single person who is responsible for its liabilities and entitled to its profits, A body proprietors, taken collectively, A proprietor or owner; one who has exclusive title to a thing; one who possesses, or holds the title to, a thing in his own right