landlady
Americannoun
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a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.
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a woman who owns or runs an inn, rooming house, or boardinghouse.
noun
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a woman who owns and leases property
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a landlord's wife
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a woman who owns or runs a lodging house, pub, etc
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Etymology
Origin of landlady
Example Sentences
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June asks the landlady, who answers, “Kid who lived here got drafted.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026
Among them is Miss Connulty, a respected landlady, whose tragic past prompts her to warn Ellie that “love was a madness.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 9, 2026
Ms. Ypi tells us that the two had been close enough for her grandfather to once offer to settle the penniless Hoxha’s debts with his Parisian landlady.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 30, 2025
Also at the investiture was former EastEnders star Anita Dobson, best known for playing Queen Vic landlady Angie Watts on the BBC soap, who was made an OBE for services to charitable fundraising and philanthropy.
From BBC • Nov. 12, 2025
Our landlady is shouting for me, so I have to run.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
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