landlady
Americannoun
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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
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Etymology
Origin of landlady
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The landlady and her partner escorted Gothard - who lived three to four houses from the bar - away to "calm the situation down", jurors heard.
From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026
June asks the landlady, who answers, “Kid who lived here got drafted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
Among them is Miss Connulty, a respected landlady, whose tragic past prompts her to warn Ellie that “love was a madness.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026
Ms. Ypi tells us that the two had been close enough for her grandfather to once offer to settle the penniless Hoxha’s debts with his Parisian landlady.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 30, 2025
Madam Rosmerta, the pretty landlady, didn’t seem to think much of this; she was looking askance at Moody as she collected glasses from tables around them.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
"It's not just people in the music industry, this was also happening to barmaids, pub landladies and people's mums," she said.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
The demonstration was organised by two landladies in Gedling, Nottinghamshire, and was attended by people of all ages.
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2021
It’s oozing with the sort of ingredients that cause a sugar rush of emotional associations: Paris, Provence, charming book stores, eccentric landladies, lost loves, even cats.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 28, 2015
The landladies run their fingers along the tops of wardrobes, tutting, while the men argue about their Visit Britain accreditation, mouths full of tepid bacon.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 20, 2010
Perhaps there was something from Miss Blossom, who sometimes showed that she had not forgotten her little landladies.
From Dandelion Cottage by Rankin, Carroll Watson
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