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land-holder

land-holder is the dated form of landholder.

Meaning of landholder

Noun

landholder (plural landholders)

  1. A person who owns land.
    • India's agrarian system is based on large wealthy landholders and unlanded peasants, formerly of the lower caste, who are alienated from the current economic structure.2011, Jonathan White, Terrorism and Homeland Security
    Synonyms:
    landowner

Forms of land-holder

pluralland-holders

Questions about land-holder

What is land-holder the dated form of?
Land-holder is the dated form of landholder.

Words near land-holder in the dictionary

  1. land-farers
  2. land-force
  3. land-grab
  4. land-grabs
  5. land-grant
  6. land-holder
  7. land-holders
  8. land-jobber
  9. land-jobbers
  10. land-jobbing
  11. land-leech

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