owner

own +‎ -er

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈoʊnɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈəʊnə/

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• Rhymes: -əʊnə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: own‧er

owner (plural owners)

1. One who owns something.

   The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.

   • 2012, Sherri Lackey, The Vrykolakas Deviation (page 117)

     Sometimes the sound was close, as the owner of the voice was wandering just on the outside walls of his living quarters.

2. (nautical, slang) The captain of a ship.

• (one who owns): possessor, proprietor (of a business, etc)

• co-owner
• ownership
• shopowner, shop owner

• own

• Rowen, rewon, rowen, worne