landlord
UK/ˈlænd.lɔːd/US/ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/
landlord noun: a person that leases real property; a lessor.
Noun
landlord (plural landlords)
- A person that leases real property; a lessor.
- Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
Then to haue this difference in degrees:
The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.
So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I
- Synonyms:
- lessor, lease provider, leaser
- Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
- The owner or manager of a public house.
- When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102
- Synonyms:
- publican
- A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
- the lurking presence of “The Landlord”2004, Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for, Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast
Verb
landlord (third-person singular simple present landlords, present participle landlording, simple past and past participle landlorded)
- To lease real property; to act as a lessor.
- All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists.1920, Russian Liberation Committee, The New Russia, Volume 12, page 45
- cannot admit realization of realities without admitting a changed view of the world she landlords.1955, Milton Ralph Stern, The Theme and Craft of Herman Melville, The Fine Hammered Steel, page 239
landlord meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
landlord in Hindi
- landlord, landowner
- भूपति bhūpti
landlord in Tamil
- நில உரிமையாளர், நிலக்கிழார், நிலமேலாளர், ஜமீன்தார்
landlord in Marathi
- जमीनदार
landlord in Urdu
- person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
- مَالِکِ مَکَان mālik-i makān
More languagesFewer languages
- landlord in Bengali
- ভূস্বামী, জমিদার, বাড়িওয়ালা
- landlord in Telugu
- క్షేత్రపతి kṣētrapati, బుగత bugata, భూస్వామి bhūsvāmi, దొర dora
- landlord in Malayalam
- ജമീന്ദാർ jamīndāṟ
- landlord in Kannada
- ಜಮೀನುದಾರ, ಹಿಡುವಳಿದಾರ, ಭೂಮಾಲೀಕ, ಒಡೆಯ
- landlord in Punjabi
- ਮਕਾਨ ਮਾਲਕ, ਜ਼ਮੀਨਦਾਰੀ, ਜ਼ਮੀਨਦਾਰ
- landlord in Gujarati
- વીશીવાળો vīśīvāḷo
- landlord in Odia
- ଜମିଦାର
- landlord in Nepali
- घरपेदि gharapedi
- landlord in Indonesian
- tuan tanah
- landlord in Thai
- เจ้าของบ้าน jâo-kɔ̌ɔng-bâan, เจ้าของที่ดิน jâo-kɔ̌ɔng-tîi-din
- landlord in Vietnamese
- chủ nhà, địa chủ
- landlord in Myanmar
- အိမ်ရှင် imhrang
Examples of landlord in a sentence
- I can recall many pubs in Gosport which were 'landlorded' by retired Navy personnel and which featured ephemera such as Recruiting Posters, uplifting propoganda.2007 March 12, Brian Sharrock, “Searching for I.D. re historic poster”, in sci.military.naval (Usenet):
- He floated through these streets scattered with rubbish, beggars, and thieves as if he landlorded the entire city, owning not only the buildings and the stores but the people themselves.2013, Michael K. Reynolds, Flight of the Earls, An Heirs of Ireland Novel, page 190:
Synonyms of landlord
Antonyms
Forms of landlord
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | landlords |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | landlords |
| present participle | landlording |
| past participle | landlorded |
| past | landlorded |
Origin of landlord
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
Words formed from landlord
Phrases with landlord
Questions about landlord
- What does landlord mean?
- Landlord means a person that leases real property; a lessor.
- What is landlord in Hindi?
- Landlord in Hindi is भूपति (bhūpti). See Landlord meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use landlord in a sentence?
- I can recall many pubs in Gosport which were 'landlorded' by retired Navy personnel and which featured ephemera such as Recruiting Posters, uplifting propoganda.
- What part of speech is landlord?
- Landlord can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce landlord?
- Landlord is pronounced /ˈlænd.lɔːd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of landlord?
- The plural of landlord is landlords.
Words near landlord in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: landlord (page history and authors); भूपति (Hindi) (page history and authors); landlord (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landlord (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landlord (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); క్షేత్రపతి (Telugu) (page history and authors); ജമീന്ദാർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); landlord (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); landlord (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); landlord (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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