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Added 8 October 2026

owner

/ˈəʊnə/ noun ▶ hear it

In Latin: possessor, dominus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0), via the Free Dictionary API. More about owner at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

One who owns something.
The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
The captain of a ship.

Origin

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

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