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Randlord

Randlord noun: the person in charge of a goldfield in the Witwatersrand region.

Noun

Randlord (plural Randlords)

  1. (South Africa) The person in charge of a goldfield in the Witwatersrand region.
    • Pa had bought the staircase that used to stand in the entrance hall of a Randlord mansion in Johannesburg.2013, Dominique Botha, False River

Forms of Randlord

pluralRandlords

Origin of Randlord

Blend of Rand + landlord.

Questions about Randlord

What does Randlord mean?
Randlord means the person in charge of a goldfield in the Witwatersrand region.
What part of speech is Randlord?
Randlord is a noun.
What is the plural of Randlord?
The plural of Randlord is Randlords.

Words near Randlord in the dictionary

  1. randle-bar
  2. randle-bars
  3. Randleman
  4. Randlemans
  5. Randles
  6. Randlord
  7. Randlords
  8. rando
  9. Randol
  10. Randolph
  11. Randolph Center

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