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landowners

  • plural
    of landowner.
    landowner
    noun
    an owner or proprietor of land.

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Studies are being carried out to find suitable locations and a consultation is underway with landowners and users who might be affected by the change in the landscape.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

This, along with farmers and landowners trapping and killing wolves, pushed them to the brink of eradication.

From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026

The pines would also enrich landowners and the Bordeaux bourgeoisie: The hardscrabble culture of sheep grazing gave way to a booming industry of wood, paper and resin.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

The Blackshear, Ga., logging firm buys standing timber from landowners, deploys logging crews and hauls the wood to mills.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

It was called sharecropping, and it involved black families raising and harvesting crops for white landowners in exchange for a humble place to live and a meager share of the crops.

From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler