Proprietarian

Quick meaning: Proprietarian is a noun meaning (China) A person who owns property (a proprietor) or believes in proprietarianism, that is, that property is an absolute right.

Meaning

(China) A person who owns property (a proprietor) or believes in proprietarianism, that is, that property is an absolute right.

More Meanings

1. (historical) A proponent of proprietarianism, that is, of proprietary colonies and proprietary government in colonial America.
2. (rare) A stickler for proprieties.

Example Sentences

When Richard Peters reported to Penn on 2 October that the proprietarians had lost the election, he did not mention Franklin's supposed betrayal of Allen, Hamilton, and Chew.

The quakers and proprietarians together have little weight. New Jersey shows a noble ardor. Is there any thing in the air or soil of New York unfriendly to the spirit of liberty?

This is because in the capitalist nations, most people are wealthy and are proprietarians; therefore, their social culture and social logic are established on the basis of the wealthy.

We could do just about as we very well pleased, so long as we did not hurt ourselves or others, and so long as we understood right from wrong. Indeed, we were disciplined by proprietarians.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include proprietarianism, propertarian, paternalist, propertarianism, proportionalist, propositionalist.

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