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landlords

landlords is the plural of landlord.

landlords is the third-person singular simple present indicative of landlord.

Meaning of landlord

Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

  1. 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
    Antonyms:
    tenant, lessee
  2. (UK) 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
  3. (slang, with-definite-article) 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

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Questions about landlords

What is landlords the plural of?
Landlords is the plural of landlord.

Words near landlords in the dictionary

  1. landlordism
  2. landlordisms
  3. landlordless
  4. landlordly
  5. landlordry
  6. landlords
  7. landlordship
  8. landlouper
  9. landloupers
  10. landlouping
  11. landlubber

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