PROPRETOR Pro*pre"tor, n. Etym: [L. propraetor; pro for, before + praetor a pretor.] (Rom. Antiq.)
Defn: A magistrate who, having been pretor at home, was appointed to the government of a province. [Written also proprætor.]
PROPRIETARY
Pro*pri"e*ta*ry, n.; pl. Proprietaries. Etym: [L. proprietarius: cf.
F. propriétaire. See Propriety, and cf. Proprietor.]
1. 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. Fuller.
2. A body proprietors, taken collectively.
3. (Eccl.)
Defn: A monk who had reserved goods and effects to himself, notwithstanding his renunciation of all at the time of profession.
PROPRIETARY
Pro*pri"e*ta*ry, a. Etym: [L. proprietarius.]
Defn: Belonging, or pertaining, to a proprietor; considered as property; owned; as, proprietary medicine. Proprietary articles, manufactured articles which some person or persons have exclusive right to make and sell. U. S. Statutes.
PROPRIETOR
Pro*pri"e*tor, n. Etym: [For older proprietary: cf. F. propriétarie.]