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landlord - 4 dictionary results

land⋅lord

[land-lawrd]
–noun
1. a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
2. a person who owns and leases land, buildings, etc.
3. a person who owns or runs an inn, lodging house, etc.
4. a landowner.

Origin:
bef. 1000; ME; OE landhlāford. See land, lord


landlordly, adjective
landlordry, noun
landlordship, noun
land·lord   (lānd'lôrd')   
n.  
  1. One that owns and rents land, buildings, or dwelling units.
  2. A man who runs a rooming house or an inn; an innkeeper.

Landlord

Land"lord`\, n. [See Land, and Lord.]

1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. --Addison.
Language Translation for : landlord
Spanish: dueño, propietario; dueña, propietaria,
German: der, *die Landbesitzter(-in),
Japanese: 家主

Main Entry: land·lord
Function: noun
: the owner of property (as houses, apartments, or land) that is leased or rented to another
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