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Landless

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Not owning land. not-comparable

    "The landless younger sons of the gentry often entered the military as the only way to make a living."

  2. 2
    Not containing any land. not-comparable

    "We set sail toward the landless horizon."

Adjective
  1. 1
    owning no land wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English londlees, from Old English landlēas, equivalent to land + -less. Cognate with Dutch landeloos (“landless”), German landlos (“landless”), Icelandic landlaus (“landless”).

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