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
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
"I couldn't fit anyone else in that night," landlady Charlotte Ratcliffe recalls.
From BBC • 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
Lindsay, 52, best known for playing the Rovers Return landlady Shelley Unwin on the ITV soap set in Greater Manchester, said she was "extremely honoured", and dedicated the award to working class actors.
From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025
Just as I had climbed up again to look, a sharp rapping came on the windowpane behind me; I turned my head and saw the landlady from next door looking at me.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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