# proprietaries

Pronunciation: US say "pruh-PRY-uh-ter-eez" /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.əˌtɛɹ.iz/; say "pruh-PRY-uh-tuh-reez" UK /pɹəˈpɹaɪ.ə.tə.ɹiz/, AUS /pɹəˈpɹɑɪ.ə.tə.ɹiz/

## Noun

1. Plural of proprietary. — plural of proprietary
   - Simple: Plural of proprietary. Use it when you mean more than one.
   - _Colonists often quarreled with the proprietaries who held the royal charter._
   - _Nineteenth-century newspapers were crowded with ads for proprietaries promising miraculous cures._

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