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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Had she not been there to see me fall and summon help, I would have been dead within minutes, as I landed in a position that cut off my breathing.
Kelly was instead shown a straight red for being deemed to have committed a serious foul after he landed on the back of Yilmaz's Achilles following an aerial challenge with the forward.
From BBC
He did record three strikeouts, with his fastball topping out at 98.6 miles per hour, but only 17 of his 36 pitches landed for strikes.
From Los Angeles Times
Most of them landed in Europe, where the EU has set aside 500 million euros to lure top scientists to the continent.
Four of the men landed in Johannesburg last week, while two remained in Russia where one of them was in hospital, according to the South African government.
From Barron's
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