landlady
Americannoun
plural
landladies-
a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.
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a woman who owns or runs an inn, rooming house, or boardinghouse.
noun
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a woman who owns and leases property
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a landlord's wife
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a woman who owns or runs a lodging house, pub, etc
Etymology
Origin of landlady
Example Sentences
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Landlady Colette Dewhurst said, while the sport is a "bit of fun", some people take it very seriously.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2017
Landlady, the expansive pop-folk band led by Adam Schatz, is a familiar face in the Brooklyn jazz and rock scenes, and draws from the sonorous troubadour rock of the Band and Arcade Fire.
From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2015
Those who love joyous, dance-happy rock are encouraged to block off July 8, though, when the buoyant New York band Landlady gigs the Echo.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2015
"She always said, and I believed her, that the songs were pretty much not about one specific person," says Lillywhite, who produced Kite and its successor, Electric Landlady.
From The Guardian • Sep. 29, 2012
Three or four years ago they sent her a silver waiter, and every Christmas they sent her a bouquet—it must cost as much as five dollars, the Landlady thought.
From Life of Oliver Wendell Holmes by Brown, E. E.
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