landed

[lan-did]

adjective

1. owning land, especially an estate.

   landed gentry.

2. consisting of land.

   landed property.

3. after shipping; delivered.

   a landed price.

landed

/ ˈlændɪd /

adjective

1. owning land

   landed gentry

2. consisting of or including land

   a landed estate

Other Word Forms

• unlanded adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of landed¹

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

About an hour later, the aircraft had landed, loaded a fresh group of passengers and was back in the sky returning to Boston.

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This time, he landed at Vanderbilt along with Kill, who became an offensive adviser to Lea.

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The Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies and Detroit Tigers also landed in the top 10.

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So as she landed in New York for the final Grand Slam tournament of the year, it seemed certain that she would have a shot at winning the whole thing.

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Erick Erickson, a talk radio host based in Macon, Ga., landed in the emergency room with severe clots in his lungs nine years ago.

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