Randlord

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The person in charge of a goldfield in the Witwatersrand region. South-Africa

    "Pa had bought the staircase that used to stand in the entrance hall of a Randlord mansion in Johannesburg."

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"Pa had bought the staircase that used to stand in the entrance hall of a Randlord mansion in Johannesburg."

Etymology

Blend of Rand + landlord.

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