landholder

[land-hohl-der]

noun

1. a holder, owner, or occupant of land.

Other Word Forms

• landholding adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of landholder¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; land, holder

Example Sentences

The government says that the waqf boards are among India’s largest landholders.

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Maybe some private landholders could drastically increase fees, but the church did not want to lose followers that way.

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But while the Carters were considerable landholders, the Smiths were poor, and Rosalynn’s father died in 1940, leaving her to help raise her siblings.

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They also claimed it would provide legal certainty for landholders.

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The first victim was a small landholder in the district's village of Marutonkara, a government official said.

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