land-holder
noun
a person who owns or occupies land
land-holding
-
a word derived from
land-holder.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Small land-holding farmers struggle to get enough fertiliser, so we thought our FPO can help them," she told AFP.
From Barron's ● Jun. 16, 2026
He was born in 1948 into an elite land-holding family in the eastern state of Bihar.
From BBC ● Nov. 15, 2023
The Quimby Family, Elliotsville Foundation and 50 land trusts and other land-holding groups have joined together in First Light, an effort to learn the history of Wabanaki land and to work to restore ancestral lands.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 30, 2020
The two-week operation, which will mark the defeat of Isis as a land-holding force, has been repeatedly stalled as thousands of civilians have streamed out of the town.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 20, 2019
Next to them in bold opposition to tyranny were the people of the Carolinas, who sturdily resisted an effort to make them the enslaved subjects of a land-holding nobility.
From The Greater Republic A History of the United States by Charles Morris
