landholder
landholder noun: a person who owns land.
Noun
landholder (plural landholders)
- 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
landholder meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Punjabi
landholder in Tamil
- நில உடைமையாளர், நில உரிமையாளர், நிலக்கிழார்
landholder in Urdu
- حامل, جاگیر دار, قابض, صاحب جائداد, زمین دار
landholder in Kannada
- ನೆಲದೊಡೆಯ, ಹಿಡುವಳಿದಾರ
landholder in Punjabi
- landholder, landowner, landlord
- ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ zimīndār
Synonyms of landholder
Forms of landholder
| plural | landholders |
|---|---|
| alternative form (dated) | land-holder |
Origin of landholder
From land + holder.
Words formed from landholder
Questions about landholder
- What does landholder mean?
- Landholder means a person who owns land.
- What is landholder in Tamil?
- Landholder in Tamil is நில உடைமையாளர், நில உரிமையாளர், நிலக்கிழார். See Landholder meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is landholder?
- Landholder is a noun.
- What is the plural of landholder?
- The plural of landholder is landholders.
Words near landholder in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: landholder (page history and authors); landholder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landholder (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landholder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਜ਼ਿਮੀਂਦਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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