owner
nounUS /ˈoʊnɚ/ · UK /ˈəʊnə/
Etymology From own + -er.
1
One who owns something.
- The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
- 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.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141:
1 more example
- Sometimes the sound was close, as the owner of the voice was wandering just on the outside walls of his living quarters.2012, Sherri Lackey, The Vrykolakas Deviation, page 117:
- Synonyms
- possessor, proprietor
- Derived terms
40 terms
beneficial owner, boatowner, business owner, by owner, cabowner, coalowner, co-owner, dishowner, dogs have owners, cats have staff, farm owner, flockowner, gunowner, herdowner, homeowner, houseowner, landowner, laundryowner, millowner, mineowner, multi-owner, nonowner, owner-driver, owneress, ownerless, owner-occupier, owner-operator, ownership, owner-type jeepney, part-owner, product owner, rightsowner, shareowner, shipowner, shopowner, shop owner, slave owner, slaveowner, storeowner, straw owner, traditional owner- Related terms
- own