absentee landlord

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noun

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 Hubbard
The Roman gentleman may be regarded as an "absentee landlord," giving this advice to his agent.
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII|Various
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 Dixon
It 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 Lindsay

Clearly 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

absentee landlord

noun

a landlord who does not live in or near a property from which he draws an income

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