adjective
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owning land
landed gentry
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consisting of or including land
a landed estate
Other Word Forms
- unlanded adjective
Etymology
Origin of landed
before 1000; late Middle English ( land, -ed 3 ); replacing Old English gelandod (rare), past participle of *landian to endow with land ( -ed 2 )
Example Sentences
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The court heard that Police Scotland were contacted and arrested Cristiano when the flight landed.
From BBC
Military aircraft landed at a small civilian airport in the Highlands before flying north during a US Coast Guard operation to board a Russia-bound tanker in the North Atlantic.
From BBC
For decades, Americans climbed that ladder and landed reliably in a secure middle class.
SEOUL—South Korea’s infamously difficult college-entrance exam can open the door to a promising future—but just 3% of students who took it recently landed a top-tier score for English, half of last year’s rate.
The Sun newspaper said the British boxer landed at London's Stansted Airport in a private jet on Friday evening.
From Barron's
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