LANDLORD

landlord

(noun) a landowner who leases to others

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.

(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.

(surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

• publisher's blurb for Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast by Drew Kampion

Synonyms

• (person who rents something): lessor

• (owner or manager of a public house): publican

Source: Wiktionary


Land"lord`, n. Etym: [See Land, and Lord.]

1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house. Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. Addison.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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