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

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

Black Americans have made a renewed case for reparations that would redress slavery, post-Civil War landowning restrictions for the newly freed, Jim Crow laws, redlining, discriminatory lending practices and employment discrimination.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2023

He had a short pointed beard, a ruddy, sunburnt complexion, blue eyes and broad shoulders—the common points of the well-born and landowning Englishman.

From Missing by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.