landowner

[ land-oh-ner ]

/ ˈlændˌoʊ nər /

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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, nounlandowning, noun, adjective

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How to use landowner in a sentence

And higher landownership closes off corridors for new building.
It’s the Electric Grid, Stupid|Daniel Stone|September 10, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The nobility had no longer the monopoly of landownership, and many bourgeois enriched by trade bought large estates.
Belgium|Emile Cammaerts
Under the pressure of taxes and usury, communal landownership is no longer a privilege, it becomes an irksome chain.
The Accumulation of Capital|Rosa Luxemburg
It considers folkland as landownership by folkright—at common law, as might be said in modern legal speech.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various

In opposition to it bookland appears as landownership derived from royal privilege.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5|Various
Even landownership in the period prior to 1625 is difficult to define.
The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624|Charles E. Hatch

British Dictionary definitions for landowner

landowner

/ (ˈlændˌəʊnə) /

noun

a person who owns land

Derived forms of landowner

landownership, nounlandowning, noun, adjective

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