Lackland

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who does not own land. dated

    "Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it."

Example

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"Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it."

Etymology

From lack + land.

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