owner’s suite

owner’s suite
 n.— «Women are buying more homes, and women are sensitive to that terminology of the “master suite,” and they’re opting for the term “owners’ suite.”» —“To Have, Hold and Cherish, Until Bedtime” by Tracie Rozhon New York Times Mar. 11, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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