proprietress
Woman who owns
A proprietress is a female owner of a business or property.
The term is old-fashioned, as proprietor now serves for any gender: The proprietress of the inn greeted us at the door.
Like actress and stewardess, it belongs to an era when English routinely marked feminine forms of occupational nouns.
Female rental property owner
- shopkeeperSmall store manager
- ownerHolder of title
- titleholderOne who holds a championship
- freeholderOutright land owner
possessor · holder · landowner · homeowner · heiress · inheritress · beneficiary · legatee
Formal address for women
- mistressIllicit female lover
- ladyCourteous term for woman
- matronFemale institutional supervisor
- dameDated slang for woman
chatelaine · governess · duenna · patroness · matriarch · businesswoman · tradeswoman · shopwoman
Lodging establishment operator
- hostessFemale event organizer
- welcomerOne who receives arrivals
- conciergeGuest services attendant
- maître d'Chief dining room attendant
greeter · reception · lodging · accommodations · guesthouse · boardinghouse · bed-and-breakfast · hotelier
Retail sales venue
- boutiqueSmall specialized retail shop
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- retailSales to end users
- outletPoint of release
emporium · storefront · merchandise · vendor · trader · salon · inn · tavern
Overseeing people or processes
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- leadershipAbility to direct others
- coordinationOrganized cooperative movement
delegation · scheduling · operations · bookkeeping · staffing · inventory · accounts · ledger
landlady
Female rental property owner
- shopkeeperSmall store manager
- ownerHolder of title
- titleholderOne who holds a championship
freeholder · possessor · holder · landowner · homeowner · heiress · inheritress · beneficiary · legatee · stakeholder
madam
Formal address for women
dame · chatelaine · governess · duenna · patroness · matriarch · businesswoman · tradeswoman · shopwoman
innkeeper
Lodging establishment operator
maître d' · greeter · reception · lodging · accommodations · guesthouse · boardinghouse · bed-and-breakfast · hotelier
shop
Retail sales venue
- boutiqueSmall specialized retail shop
- establishmentFounded organization or venue
- retailSales to end users
outlet · emporium · storefront · merchandise · vendor · trader · salon · inn · tavern · guesthouse
supervision
Overseeing people or processes
- administrationOrganizational oversight and control
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- leadershipAbility to direct others
coordination · delegation · scheduling · operations · bookkeeping · staffing · inventory · accounts · ledger · procurement
- entrepreneursfounder, co-founder, startup founder, business owner, serial entrepreneur
- boardinghouseboarder, boarders, lodger, lodgers, roomer
proprietressemployee
Hired organizational member
worker · hired hand · subordinate · servant · wage earner
property, appropriate, proprietor, proprietary, appropriated, appropriation, expropriate, expropriation, proprietorship