land-holder
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The owner thereby becomes a small parody of the land-holder, the cattle baron.
From Time Magazine Archive
And one time he appeared in the shape of a land-holder to two men, Ribh and Eocho, that were looking for a place to settle in.
From Gods and Fighting Men by Gregory, Lady
I procured a locksmith to fit the door with a practically impregnable latch lock, and with the key upon my chain, I felt as proud as the most bloated land-holder in Westminster.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
"Well, is the deed done?" the lady asked with the complacent air of a land-holder.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
Why, when he was only sixteen years old he and another boy went far back into the wild country of Virginia to survey or measure the lands there for a rich land-holder.
From The Story of Our Country Every Child Can Read by Hurlbut, Jesse Lyman
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