proprietorial
adjEtymology From proprietor + -ial.
1
Of or pertaining to ownership.
2
Characteristic of or behaving like a proprietor or owner (of a thing); possessive.
- A superficially handsome young fellow had his arm round her, and he barred my way and told me something in proprietorial Flemish.2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 483:
- “I'm pretty sure he did, Felix.” There was a proprietorial note in Rose's voice, to which I objected.2006, Elizabeth Buchan, Wives Behaving Badly, →ISBN:
- Synonyms
- proprietary
- Derived terms
- proprietorially
- Related terms
- proprietarial