Meanings of became proprietor in English

A charter was drawn up by Penn and confirmed in 1681, and he became proprietor.

Then he became proprietor of a newspaper, and was afterward appointed a professor in Brest and in Mulhouse.

He subsequently became proprietor of the "Worcester Spy."

Oracle became proprietor of Sun Microsystems Java technologies when its acquisition of Sun, announced last April, closed in January.

He subsequently became proprietor of woollen manufactories at Slamannan, Stirlingshire, and at Blackburn and Torphichen, in the county of Linlithgow.

His widow became proprietor of the province, probably the only woman who ever became feudal proprietor of such an immense domain.

These vast sums he remitted, through various channels, to England, where he became proprietor in the funds to an immense amount.

He became proprietor in 1784 of the General Advertiser, in the management of which he lost his fortune and was declared insolvent.

He edited Bentley's Miscellany, in which Jack Sheppard was published as a serial, and in 1842 he became proprietor of Ainsworth's Magazine.

And so there came a day when he bought out the school of Professor Linlay, and became proprietor and leader of the famous Bath Orchestra.