ground landlord

noun

, Chiefly British.

1. a landlord who receives ground rent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of ground landlord¹

First recorded in 1710–20

Example Sentences

"She evidently doesn't know yet that I'm the ground landlord," he reflected.

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King Frost is the ground landlord, you know, and allows all her young things to sleep here and keep warm.

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And right she was, when the premises were hers, and she had bought out even the Ground-landlord.

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The next step was to interest the Duke of Bedford—as the ground-landlord of that part of London—in the scheme.

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For aught you know, Mr. Gabriel Chestermarke may be owner of that theatre—ground-landlord—part-proprietor—financier.

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