2. The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; as,
the landlord collects the rents on the first of the month.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Landlord — is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant (also a lessee or renter ). When a juristic person is in this position the term landlord is used. Other … Wikipedia
landlord — land·lord n: the owner of property (as houses, apartments, or land) that is leased or rented to another Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. landlord … Law dictionary
landlord — LANDLÓRD s.m. (În Anglia) Mare proprietar funciar care îşi dă pământul în arendă fermierilor. [< engl. landlord]. Trimis de LauraGellner, 16.05.2005. Sursa: DN LANDLORD [LÉND ] s. m. (în Anglia) mare proprietar funciar care îşi dă pământul… … Dicționar Român
landlord — ⇒LANDLORD, subst. masc. [En Angleterre] Grand propriétaire percevant une redevance des fermiers et des tenanciers occupant ses terres et ses immeubles. Dans cette âpreté de la contrée, les parcs des landlords s étendent comme des oasis de… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Landlord — (engl., spr. lännd ), Gutsherr, Hausherr; auch derjenige, der Aftermieter hält; Gastwirt … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
Landlord — (engl., spr. ländlohrd), Gutsherr; Gastwirt … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
landlord — (n.) early 15c. in modern usage, from LAND (Cf. land) (n.) + LORD (Cf. lord) (n.) … Etymology dictionary
landlord — [n] owner of property leased freeholder, hotelier, hotelkeeper, innkeeper, lessor, property owner, proprietor, saw, squire; concept 347 Ant. boarder, leaser, renter … New thesaurus
landlord — ► NOUN 1) a man (in legal use also a woman) who leases land or property. 2) a man who keeps lodgings, a boarding house, or (Brit. ) a public house … English terms dictionary
landlord — [land′lôrd΄] n. [ME londelorde < OE landhlaford: see LAND & LORD] 1. a person, esp. a man, who rents or leases land, houses, etc. to others 2. a man who keeps a rooming house, inn, etc … English World dictionary
