lord proprietor

lord proprietor
noun or lord proprietary (plural lords proprietors or lords proprietary)
: a person granted a royal charter for the establishment and government of an American colony in the 17th century

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lord proprietor,
plural lords proprietors,
an English nobleman granted a charter by the king to settle and govern a colony in North America.

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