landlord
noun
a person or organization that owns and leases apartments to others.
landlords
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pluralof landlord.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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There have been some efforts to require landlords to cool down their units.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026
Rents shot up in Springfield, and landlords loved it.
From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026
Evicting a tenant through the court system can be a time consuming and costly process for landlords.
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
“If landlords start to restrict portable solar in California, we’ll simply have to go back to the Legislature and expand the state’s Solar Rights Act,” she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
The worst bore down upon the Irish in the 1840s, when the potato crop, their food of life, rotted in the ground for four years running, and landlords heartlessly threw their tenants into the streets.
From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield
