It had occurred to me that this shadow of a garage must be a blind, and that sumptuous and romantic apartments were concealed overhead, when the proprietor himself appeared in the door of an office, wiping his hands on a piece of waste.

Yanni is the proprietor of this Algerian restaurant.

The proprietor of the store worked at the head of his employees.

I am the proprietor of an apartment in Bejaia, Algeria.

She felt that she could sympathise with the feelings of a proud mind, which urged him to recoil from the proffered gratitude of the new proprietors of his father's house and domains.