landlady

[ land-ley-dee ]

/ ˈlændˌleɪ di /

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noun, plural land·la·dies.

a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.

a woman who owns or runs an inn, rooming house, or boardinghouse.

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Origin of landlady

First recorded in 1530–40; land + lady

Words nearby landlady

landing strip, landing-waiter, Landini, Landini cadence, Landis, landlady, land lane, land legs, ländler, landless, landline

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How to use landlady in a sentence

Three days later, the landlady finally called my mom to say, “I think something might be wrong with Lee.”
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She had been sharing a ground-floor apartment with her 28-year-old son in Allerton, a working-class neighborhood in the Bronx, before her landlady pushed her out to make space for her grandchildren.
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His landlady/sometime girlfriend sued him, saying that they had agreed to split the winnings.
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The landlady had related the tragic history of the dead mother and the invalid aunt.
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He returned to the hotel, and, eluding a gossip-seeking landlady, went up to his room.
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The landlady also came tripping towards us, and invited us, in a very friendly manner, to spend the next Sunday with them.
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When we returned to the Castle Inn, we found the landlady all attention and she spared no effort to contribute to our comfort.
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The landlady, clad in a low-necked black dress with long sweeping train, was typical of many we saw in the old-country hotels.
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British Dictionary definitions for landlady

landlady

/ (ˈlændˌleɪdɪ) /

noun plural -dies

a woman who owns and leases property

a landlord's wife

a woman who owns or runs a lodging house, pub, etc

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