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• n  (law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business
  he is the owner of a chain of restaurants
• n  a person who owns something
  they are searching for the owner of the car
  who is the owner of that friendly smile?

• Gun owners must be licensed and firearms registered.
• A motel in Winslow, Arizona, boasts its American owners.
• Club owners could stomach Happy's sonorous ("Ah love baseball") speeches and his bourbon baritone renditions of My Old Kentucky Home, but they found Happy unpalatable whenever .

• proprietor
• possessor

News & Articles

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• Owner claims losses, sets $50M cap for Senators
  Owner claims losses, sets $50M cap for Senators
  July 10, 2013 - CBS Sports
• Cops Question Owner of Canada Train That Crashed
  Owner of Canada Train That Crashed Blamed Employee for Not Using Brakes
  July 10, 2013 - ABC News via Yahoo! News
• Owner of Jim’s Rib Haven Dies
  The owner of an iconic Quad City restaurant passed away this morning. James Overton, Sr., owner of Jim’s Rib Haven...
  July 10, 2013 - WQAD Moline

Quotes

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• Dwyane Wade in Middletown Journal
  I think I'm happy that I have the owner that I have here in Miami,Wade told The Associated Press late Thursday night.
• Barack Obama in CNN (blog)
  Let me be clear: [Well owner] BP is responsible for this leak. BP will be paying the bill. But as president of the United States, I'm going to spare no effort to respond to this crisis for as long as it continues,Obama said.