landowner
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landowners
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noun
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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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“He is simply a landowner, coming from a large landowning family,” and his interactions with others in the indictment were solely for legitimate business deals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
Kirchner said that ruling seemed to apply in this case, but indicated a decision favoring the landowner over the public was out of touch with the practices in other states.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 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
In the duchy's new strategy, there will be a greater emphasis on five areas where it is a landowner - Bath, Cornwall, Dartmoor, Isles of Scilly and Kennington in south London.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
There may have been a hierarchy of importance among the speakers, but everyone was heard, chief and subject, warrior and medicine man, shopkeeper and farmer, landowner and laborer.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
The Kushner-backed development group paid well over $240 million for land to private landowners including Shehu, according to a person familiar with the sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 9, 2026
In many areas of the San Joaquin Valley, water agencies have adopted flat fees, so the largest landowners are paying the same per-volume rate as the smallest ones.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Kiliti family hopes that the incoming technology infrastructure will do more for the local economy than make landowners rich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
As land values rose, landowners sought ways of improving the return on their investments.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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