landowning

American  

[land-ohn-ing] / ˈlændˌoʊn ɪŋ /

adjective

1. having ownership of land, especially in large amounts.

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Other Word Forms

• non-landowning adjective

Example Sentences

This clan has, for generations, sorted out any problems the Abdalahs, one of Mr. Mueenuddin’s landowning families, have had with their laborers and with their neighbors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026

The grant is based on a percentage of the profits of the independent property and landowning business, the Crown Estate.

From BBC • May 10, 2025

There are already wind turbines atop the butte, built by the landowning Galt family with Borgquist’s help.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2024

The so-called English squirearchy, which began as a military class, gradually became a landowning caste from which the members of Parliament were elected.

From Salon • Jul. 2, 2023

In England, where the progress of constitutional government can be most accurately traced, there was a time when the landowning aristocracy controlled the franchise and elected the members of Parliament.

From The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV by Harper, Ida Husted