land-holder
Britishnoun
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The owner thereby becomes a small parody of the land-holder, the cattle baron.
From Time Magazine Archive
A rich land-holder will have his rice fields, sugar mill, vino factory, and cocoanut and hemp plantations.
From A Woman's Impression of the Philippines by Fee, Mary Helen
I procured a locksmith to fit the door with a practically impregnable latch lock, and with the key upon my chain, I felt as proud as the most bloated land-holder in Westminster.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
When he sought the tenant farmer, he secured with him the land-holder, and when he went after the hired man on the farm, he secured the farmer who employed him.
From The Evolution of the Country Community A Study in Religious Sociology by Wilson, Warren H. (Warren Hugh)
The large land-holder figures prominently in colonial documents, but the rise of the trader, the merchant, the notary, the teacher, the journalist, is difficult to follow.
From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)
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