landowning
Americanadjective
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Meanwhile, the Deep South consisted of a landowning class, some of whom relocated from slave plantations in the Caribbean, who formed an "oligarchic, top-down society".
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2026
But we have developed into an inclusive modern society, where voting is no longer confined to landowning white men.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
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
With fair offers for their properties, and few interested heirs, most landowning families were willing to sell.
From New York Times ● Jan. 16, 2024
They were a rich landowning family, and had about three thousand urskins, with a magnificent farm in the neighbourhood, but they did not care for village life and lived in the town summer and winter.
From The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories by Cannan, Gilbert
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