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landless

landless adjective: not owning land.

Adjective

landless (not comparable)

  1. Not owning land.
    • The landless younger sons of the gentry often entered the military as the only way to make a living.
    • The landless flock to the cities seeking jobs.
  2. Not containing any land.
    • We set sail toward the landless horizon.

landless meaning in Tamil

landless in Tamil

நிலமற்ற

Antonyms of landless

Origin of landless

From Middle English londlees, from Old English landlēas, equivalent to land + -less. Cognate with Dutch landeloos (“landless”), German landlos (“landless”), Icelandic landlaus (“landless”).

Words formed from landless

Questions about landless

What does landless mean?
Landless means not owning land.
What is landless in Tamil?
Landless in Tamil is நிலமற்ற. See Landless meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is landless?
Landless is an adjective.

Words near landless in the dictionary

  1. landladyish
  2. landladyship
  3. landleaper
  4. landleapers
  5. Landler
  6. landless
  7. landlessness
  8. landlike
  9. landline
  10. landlines
  11. landliving

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Adapted from Wiktionary: landless (page history and authors); landless (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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