landlord

[ land-lawrd ]

/ ˈlændˌlɔrd /

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noun

a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.

a person who owns and leases land, buildings, etc.

a person who owns or runs an inn, lodging house, etc.

a landowner.

Nearby words

Origin of landlord

before 1000; Middle English; Old English landhlāford. See land, lord

Related formsland·lord·ly, adjectiveland·lord·ry, nounland·lord·ship, noun

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Examples from the Web for landlord

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One landlord even paid somebody to hurl a Molotov cocktail into an apartment just to smoke out tenants and jack up rents.
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Rohrabacher is currently suing his landlord over this because he still wants his security deposit back.
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Having issued this second edition of his interesting narrative, the landlord enters the stable.
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The landlord's daughter talked of the many difficulties before us, and doubted of our success.
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The house being empty, she procured the keys from the landlord, and proceeded on a voyage of discovery alone.
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We charge twenty-five cents for lookin at the landlord and fifty cents for speakin to him.
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The landlord took every dime I made last night, for rent this morning.
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British Dictionary definitions for landlord

landlord

/ (ˈlændˌlɔːd) /

noun

a man who owns and leases property

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

British archaic the lord of an estate

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Word Origin and History for landlord