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owner

/ˈoʊnɚ/ noun A1
  1. One who owns something. · The police recovered the stolen car and returned it to its owner.
  2. The captain of a ship. (slang)

Plural owners

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He did look at it, and into it, for half an hour; was pleased with the situation and the principal rooms, satisfied with what the owner said in its praise, and took it immediately.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 16 · B2
It was impossible for her to see the word without thinking of Pemberley and its owner.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 270 · B2
They descended the hill, crossed the bridge, and drove to the door; and, while examining the nearer aspect of the house, all her apprehension of meeting its owner returned.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 273 · B2
As they walked across the lawn towards the river, Elizabeth turned back to look again; her uncle and aunt stopped also; and while the former was conjecturing as to the date of the building, the owner of it himself suddenly came forward from the road which led behind it to the stables.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 280 · B2

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