landed

[ lan-did ]

/ ˈlæn dɪd /

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adjective

owning land, especially an estate: landed gentry.

consisting of land: landed property.

after shipping; delivered: a landed price.

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Origin of landed

before 1000; late Middle English (see land, -ed³); replacing Old English gelandod (rare), past participle of *landian to endow with land (see -ed²)

OTHER WORDS FROM landed

un·land·ed, adjective

Words nearby landed

land bridge, land contract, land crab, Land Dayak, Landdrost, landed, landed immigrant, Landé factor, lander, Landes, Landeshauptmann

Example sentences from the Web for landed

The Daily Beast has followed some of the refugees who landed in Sicily a month ago.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Within a few summer weeks, “Hot N—” had become an inescapable pop-culture phenomenon and Bobby landed a major record deal.
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But we kept going until we landed every interview on my wish list.
The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind|Brin-Jonathan Butler|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Purely by chance, Anna Coren had landed in Sydney just as the chocolate shop siege began.
CNN's Overnight Sydney Star|Lloyd Grove|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Finally, he landed a meeting with Jolie and conveyed his respect for “The Greatest Generation.”
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His successor was the Marquis of Maillebois, who landed in Corsica in spring with a large force.
Wanderings in Corsica, Vol. 1 of 2|Ferdinand Gregorovius
Thereupon Madame Guerin, feeling she had "landed" him, dropped her pose as hostess and became a matrimonial agent.
Remarkable Rogues|Charles Kingston
He feinted with his right and landed a light tap on Iras shoulder and danced away before Ira could reach him.
Center Rush Rowland|Ralph Henry Barbour
The former was in much better spirits than he had been since he landed.
In the Eastern Seas|W.H.G. Kingston
They moored the vessel to the land, laid out gangways to the shore, and Thorvald with all his ship's company, landed.
The Pre-Columbian Discovery of America by the Northmen|B. F. De Costa

British Dictionary definitions for landed

landed

/ (ˈlændɪd) /

adjective

owning landlanded gentry

consisting of or including landa landed estate

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