Landlord

Land′lordˊ

,

Noun.

[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.

Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly

landlord

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Addison.

Landlord

LAND'LORD

, n.

1.

The lord of a manor or of land; the owner of land who has tenants under him.

2.

The master of an inn or tavern.

landlord

English

Noun

landlord ‎(plural landlords)

A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.
(chiefly Britain) 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
  2004: the lurking presence of “The Landlord”

Synonyms

(person who rents something): lessor
(owner or manager of a public house): publican

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

Armenian: տանտեր (hy) ‎(tanter)
Catalan: amo (ca) m, mestressa (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 房東 (zh), 房东 (zh) ‎(fángdōng), 東家 (zh), 东家 (zh) ‎(dōngjia), 地主 (zh) ‎(dìzhǔ)
Czech: pronajímatel m
Dutch: huisbaas (nl) m
Esperanto: termastro
Finnish: vuokranantaja (fi), vuokraisäntä
French: propriétaire (fr) m, f
Friulian: paron m
German: Vermieter (de) m, Hauswirt (de) m
Greek: σπιτονοικοκύρης (el) ‎(spitonoikokýris)
Hungarian: háziúr (hu)
Irish: tiarna talún m
Italian: proprietario (it) m
Japanese: 家主 ‎(やぬし, yanushi), 地主 (ja) ‎(じぬし, jinushi), 大家 (ja) ‎(おおや, ōya)
Kurdish:
Sorani: مولکدار, خاوه‌ن مولک

Latvian: saimnieks m, saimniece f
Maltese: sid m, sidt f
Nepali: घरपेदि ‎(gharpeTi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utleier m
Persian: صاحبخانه (fa) ‎(sâhebxâne)
Portuguese: senhorio (pt) m
Romanian: gazdă (ro) f
Russian: (квартиры, дома) хозя́ин (ru) ‎(xozjáin), хозя́йка (ru) f ‎(xozjájka), домовладе́лец (ru) m ‎(domovladélec), арендода́тель (ru) m ‎(arendodátelʹ), владе́лец (ru) m ‎(vladélec)
Scots: laird
Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran m
Serbo-Croatian: stanodavac (sh)
Spanish: arrendador m, casero m
Swedish: hyresvärd (sv) c

owner or manager of a public house

Czech: hospodský m
Dutch: herbergier (nl), kastelein (nl) m, kroegbaas (nl) m
Finnish: omistaja (fi)
French: patron (fr) m

Kurdish:
Sorani: مولکدار
Scottish Gaelic: fear an taighe m, òstair m
Serbo-Croatian: stanodavac (sh)

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Landlord

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Landlord

LAND'LORD

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