landlady

[land-ley-dee]

noun

plural

landladies 

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

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

landlady

/ ˈlændˌleɪdɪ /

noun

1. a woman who owns and leases property

2. a landlord's wife

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of landlady¹

First recorded in 1530–40; land + lady

Example Sentences

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.

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Pub landlady Maria Connolly's son Owain, 19, also recently moved away from his Swansea home to go to university in Hertfordshire.

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The band - which then included the original bassist Andy Nicholson - took home just £17 that night and the pub's landlady said the audience mostly consisted of the band's "aunts, mums and dads".

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A landlady has said it is "becoming harder and harder" to run a pub, as she calls on the government to provide more support.

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"Absolutely everything has gone wrong," says Natalie Briggs, who has been landlady of The Park pub - a few minutes' walk from the stadium - for 10 years.

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