owner

owner is part of the Basic English 850.

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Noun

Singular owner

Plural owners

1. (countable) The owner of a thing is the person who owns the thing: who has the thing or who should have the thing. A thing belongs to its owner.

   Who is the owner of this coat that was left on a chair?

   You have to give it back to me. I'm the owner.