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landlord

noun

  1. owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land or real estate, which is rented or leased to an individual or business, called a tenant, lessee or renter
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈlænd.lɔːd/ / /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

  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. The owner or manager of a public house.

    “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.”

  3. A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

    “the lurking presence of “The Landlord””

verb

Etymology: From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

  1. To lease real property; to act as a lessor.

    “All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists.”

    “cannot admit realization of realities without admitting a changed view of the world she landlords.”