landlady
Americannoun
plural
landladies-
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
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
Ms. McDonagh also writes about Elizabeth Anscombe, who was one of the 20th century’s major philosophers, and also a student, friend and landlady of Ludwig Wittgenstein.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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
Probate and will documents show Martin, who died last year, left his money and property to a former Cambridgeshire pub landlady, Jacqueline Wadley, and her husband David.
From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026
It was a second-story porch walled in to make a room-for-rent so the landlady could get an income from it and have a watchman too.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
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