landowner
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landowners
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Origin of landowner
Explanation
A landowner is someone who possesses many acres. Once you achieve your dream of buying a vast blueberry farm in Maine, you'll be a landowner too. The word landowner couldn't be more clear: it's someone who owns land. The term is often used for people who have a lot of it, so you might read a news story about a bill that would raise taxes on wealthy landowners, for example. But it's also a blanket term for anyone who owns property: "The city sent letters to all the landowners who will be affected by the construction project."
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CIRI, the landowner, says that it is committed to strong environmental stewardship and that the project could generate large economic benefits for the community.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
He got his political inspiration from seeing his father and other loggers “standing up to a wealthy landowner who thought he could squeeze them for more.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
"Grazing of sheep on the common is an established legal entitlement exercised by those people whose properties have historic rights of common, rather than something the landowner can direct," the spokesperson added.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
What kind of landowner ended up sweeping stairs?
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
But then they remembered something the local council had told them: a museum had previously asked landowners in the area for permission to remove the tree.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
After the incident, councils and a consortium of landowners and farmers worked with the Environment Agency and others to form an action plan.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Biddy Mason was born into slavery in 1818 in Mississippi, but won her freedom in court and became one of the most prolific landowners in L.A., according to the National Park Service.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
The federal government encouraged pine planting with annual payments to landowners through programs meant to reduce erosion and support crop prices by converting worn-out farmland.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
The train folk, clean, wrapped in furs, parade like they’re already big, important landowners.
From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes
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