proprietor

a person who owns a business or property

Bill Gates is the proprietor of Windows.

by Charlemagne57 September 13, 2014

proprietarded

The seemingly pointless use of proprietary hardware to achieve the same purpose as other more common or open-standard solutions.

The Apple Display Connector was a proprietarded way for Apple to make the G4 Cube not have so many cables going from the computer to the display and keyboard. It combined USB, power and video into one cable.

by existenzkampf December 17, 2008

proprietress

A female Proprietor.

A female who owns a retail shop.

by Pavan S Rao January 27, 2005

sole proprietorship

(n.) Slang: Classy way to say "the business" in a sexual connotation.

Yeah, she's pretty hot, I'd give her the sole proprietorship.

by TommyOkktane December 31, 2003

Catalysmic Propriety

the appropriate conditions needed for a catalystic action to take place.

The Chemical cannot be speeded up because it does not have the right Catalysmic Propriety.

by Filthy Rich May 23, 2006

proprietariest

Someone who swears by proprietary software, ignoring and often ridiculing open source equivalents that may infact be superior.

person: John's obsessed with Windows Vista!
person2: what a proprietariest.

by Blank__ February 24, 2009

propietary

special; private

i'll proprietary in your mouth you faf

by FAF-UNIT August 29, 2003