owner
English
Etymology
From own + -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun)#OWNER.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈoʊnɚ/Category:English 2-syllable words#OWNERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OWNER
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊnə/Category:English 2-syllable words#OWNERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OWNER
- (Indic) IPA(key): /o.nɐ(r)/, (without the toe–tow merger, dated) /ɔw.nɐ(r)/Category:English 2-syllable words#OWNERCategory:English 2-syllable words#OWNERCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#OWNER
- Rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)Category:Rhymes:English/əʊnə(ɹ)#OWNERCategory:Rhymes:English/əʊnə(ɹ)/2 syllables#OWNER
- Hyphenation: own‧er
Noun
owner (plural owners)Category:English lemmas#OWNERCategory:English nouns#OWNERCategory:English countable nouns#OWNERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#OWNERCategory:Pages with entries#OWNERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#OWNER
- One who owns something.
- The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.Category:English terms with usage examples#OWNER
- 2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 141:
- 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.Category:English terms with quotations#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.Category:English terms with quotations#OWNER
- (nauticalCategory:en:Nautical#OWNER, slangCategory:English slang#OWNER) The captain of a ship.
Synonyms
- (one who owns): possessor, proprietor (of a business, etc)
Derived 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
Descendants
- → Japanese: オーナー (ōnā)
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