landowner
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Origin of landowner
Explanation
A landowner is someone who possesses many acres. Once you achieve your dream of buying a vast blueberry farm in Maine, you'll be a landowner too. The word landowner couldn't be more clear: it's someone who owns land. The term is often used for people who have a lot of it, so you might read a news story about a bill that would raise taxes on wealthy landowners, for example. But it's also a blanket term for anyone who owns property: "The city sent letters to all the landowners who will be affected by the construction project."
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Thorpe said he had invited a planning officer from Southwark Council to view the wall, as well as a representative of the local landowner the Dulwich Estate.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
“When I got up there, my landowner was already in active firefighting mode,” he told The Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2026
The high-profile media tycoon was also a philanthropist and U.S. landowner; “I’ve won more than most.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Instead of notifying the authorities, the landowner urged George to head south to the Savannah River, where he would find employment with another landowner for the next two years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
There may have been a hierarchy of importance among the speakers, but everyone was heard, chief and subject, warrior and medicine man, shopkeeper and farmer, landowner and laborer.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Stormont has set a target for all landowners who have the plant on their land to reduce its distribution throughout Northern Ireland by 50% before 2030.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
He also encouraged landowners and land managers to take precautionary measures including the readying of specialist fire equipment.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
The Kiliti family hopes that the incoming technology infrastructure will do more for the local economy than make landowners rich.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 13, 2026
As locals questioned this growth, a city-commissioned Urban Land Institute study found the church was behaving similarly to most large institutional urban landowners, such as universities or hospitals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 2026
But they’re some of the only landowners who pay in money, and there don’t seem to be other part-time job opportunities here, so I swallow my pride and work for them.
From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau
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