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owner

/ˈoʊnɚ/ US
/ˈəʊnə/ UK

Rhymes with -əʊnə(ɹ)

Where it comes from

Inherited from Middle English ouner, from Old English āgnere. By surface analysis, own + -er, though etymologically own is a back-formation from owner.

noun owners

One who owns something. The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
Similar: possessor, proprietor
slang The captain of a ship.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: proprietor, possessor, proprietorship, property, ownership, possession, proprietary, occupant, employer, permittee, user, licensor, grantee, licensee, boss, landowner

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noun one who owns

Español	dueño
한국어	소유자 soyuja, 주인 ju'in
日本語	持ち主 mochinushi, 所有者 shoyūsha, オーナー ōnā, 主人 shujin
中文	所有者 suǒyǒuzhē, 主人 zhǔrén
हिन्दी	मालिक mālik, यजमान yajmān, साहिब sāhib, साहब sāhab
Kiswahili	mwenyewe
Português	proprietário, dono
Français	propriétaire
Deutsch	Inhaber, Besitzer, Besitzerin, Eigentümer, Eigentümerin
Italiano	proprietario, proprietaria
Ελληνικά	ιδιοκτήτης idioktítis, ιδιοκτήτρια idioktítria
Română	proprietar
Русский	владе́лец vladélec, владе́лица vladélica, со́бственник sóbstvennik, со́бственница sóbstvennica, хозя́ин xozjáin, хозя́йка xozjájka
Tiếng Việt	chủ nhân
العربية	مَالِك mālik, مَالِكَة mālika, صَاحِب ṣāḥib, صَاحِبَة ṣāḥiba
עברית	בַּעַל bá'al, בַּעֲלָה ba'alá

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@misc{owner_2026,
  title = {owner},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/owner},
  urldate = {2026-11-05}
}