landhold
landhold noun: a landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).
Noun
landhold (plural landholds)
- A landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).
- This was especially apparent in Galicia where, as a result of the increasing population, the number and proportion of "dwarf" landholds was increasing alarmingly. Ludkiewicz found that of the total rural landholds in 1859, 35.6 percent were ...1977, Benjamin P. Murdzek, Emigration in Polish social-political thought, 1870-1914, East European Monographs
- Casting about for means to feed his family, Tacho, in some desperation, took a job running a ranch at San Carlos Viejo, ironically, once a landhold of Buenaventura Arce, and then in possession of another of his descendants, [...]1981, Richard F. Pourade, Last of the Californios
Forms of landhold
| plural | landholds |
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Origin of landhold
From land + hold.
Questions about landhold
- What does landhold mean?
- Landhold means a landholding, a piece of land that is held (owned).
- What part of speech is landhold?
- Landhold is a noun.
- What is the plural of landhold?
- The plural of landhold is landholds.
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