landowning
Americanadjective
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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
In 1524, conquistador Hernán Cortés signed a decree stating that all landowning settlers who were slave owners had quotas for planting Spanish grape vines.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2023
In the year 1905 a lady lawyer, Miss Cornelia Sorabjee, a Parsee Christian lady, was appointed by the Government of Bengal to be a legal adviser to the Bengal Court of Wards, or landowning minors.
From New Ideas in India During the Nineteenth Century A Study of Social, Political, and Religious Developments by Morrison, John
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