landowner

[ land-oh-ner ]

/ ˈlændˌoʊ nər /

noun

an owner or proprietor of land.

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Origin of landowner

First recorded in 1725–35; land + owner

OTHER WORDS FROM landowner

land·own·er·ship, nounland·own·ing, noun, adjective

Words nearby landowner

landmine, lando, landon, landor, landouzy-déjérine dystrophy, landowner, landowska, landrace, landrost, landrum-griffin act, landry

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Example sentences from the Web for landownership

So much for the natural right of landownership as seen in the light of reason.
Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan
The nobility had no longer the monopoly of landownership, and many bourgeois enriched by trade bought large estates.
Belgium|Emile Cammaerts
It leads to absurdity to use the word monopoly with reference to landownership indiscriminately.
The Principles of Economics|Frank A. Fetter
In opposition to it bookland appears as landownership derived from royal privilege.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

While the element of scarcity is common to landownership and to monopoly, it differs in its operation.
Distributive Justice|John A. (John Augustine) Ryan

British Dictionary definitions for landownership

landowner

/ (ˈlændˌəʊnə) /

noun

a person who owns land

Derived forms of landowner

landownership, nounlandowning, noun, adjective

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