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Landlord
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- 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 […]"
- 2 a landowner who leases to others wordnet
- 3 The owner or manager of a public house. British
"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."
- 4 A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. slang, with-definite-article
"the lurking presence of “The Landlord”"
- 1 To lease real property; to act as a lessor. rare, transitive
"All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists."
Etymology
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
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