absentee landlord
a landlord who owns but is not resident in a property.
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How to use absentee landlord in a sentence
In Ireland, the absentee landlord is bitterly reproached for not administering his estate in person.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, Vol. 13 | Elbert HubbardThe Roman gentleman may be regarded as an "absentee landlord," giving this advice to his agent.
An absentee landlord, wearing a coronet and loafing at the Court of Royalty, needs more money for his games.
The Fall of a Nation | Thomas DixonIt is supplied by a corporation magnate removed from his audience in location, fortune, interest, and mood: an absentee landlord.
The Art Of The Moving Picture | Vachel LindsayClearly this, again, is not a case of the absentee landlord draining the lifeblood of the land to lavish it upon an alien soil!
Ireland Under Coercion (2nd ed.) (1 of 2) (1888) | William Henry Hurlbert
British Dictionary definitions for absentee landlord
a landlord who does not live in or near a property from which he draws an income
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