land-holder
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The owner thereby becomes a small parody of the land-holder, the cattle baron.
From Time Magazine Archive
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)
"Well, is the deed done?" the lady asked with the complacent air of a land-holder.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Vol. 12, No. 32, November, 1873 by Various
Colonel Marsh was a large land-holder in his native County, and at the time of his death, was the owner of the farm upon which he was born.
From The History of Company A, Second Illinois Cavalry by Fletcher, Samuel H.
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