Landlord

Landlord
Landlord Land"lord`, n. [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. [1913 Webster]

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]


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  • 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

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