landlord

[land-lawrd]

noun

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

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

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

4. a landowner.

landlord

/ ˈlændˌlɔːd /

noun

1. a man who owns and leases property

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

3. archaic,  the lord of an estate

Other Word Forms

• landlordly adjective
• landlordry noun
• landlordship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of landlord¹

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

Example Sentences

Property agents say the budget will be good for small businesses but bad news for landlords.

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The buildings' landlord said the residents' management company, on which some leaseholders had sat, had "amassed significant debts", and it was now considering legal action against it.

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The chancellor made an appeal to renters in her Budget speech, saying it is unfair that income from work is taxed more than income made by landlords.

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The issues prompted his landlord to blast the annoying earworm of a song to bring the city’s attention to the problem, he said.

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"It's kind of been disastrous in the last two year," says James Fitzgerald, a London pub landlord bracing for the UK government's November 26 budget.

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Related Words

• property owner www.thesaurus.com
• proprietor