Hyphenation of proprietor

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word proprietor? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

pro-pri-etor

Definitions of proprietor:

1.	(law) someone who owns (is legal possessor of) a business He is the owner of a chain of restaurants

Synonyms of proprietor:

noun	owner, businessman, man of affairs

Last hyphenations of this language

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.