Landholder

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who owns land.

    "India's agrarian system is based on large wealthy landholders and unlanded peasants, formerly of the lower caste, who are alienated from the current economic structure."

  2. 2
    a holder or proprietor of land wordnet

Example

More examples

"India's agrarian system is based on large wealthy landholders and unlanded peasants, formerly of the lower caste, who are alienated from the current economic structure."

Etymology

From land + holder.

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