What does Landlord mean?

Definitions for Landlord
ˈlændˌlɔrdland·lord

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. landlordnoun

    a landowner who leases to others

GCIDE

  1. Landlordnoun

    The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; as, the landlord collects the rents on the first of the month.

Wiktionary

  1. landlordnoun

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

  2. landlordnoun

    the owner or manager of a public house

  3. landlordnoun

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

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Landlordnoun

    Etymology: land and lord

    This regard shall be had, that in no place, under any landlord, there shall be many of them placed together, but dispersed. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

    The universal landlord. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

    It is a generous pleasure in a landlord, to love to see all his tenants look fat, sleek, and contented. Clarissa.

    Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord, who knew him by his whistle. Addison.

ChatGPT

  1. landlord

    A landlord is an individual or entity, such as a company or organization, that owns real property, like a building, apartment, or land, which they rent or lease to another party, known as the tenant. The landlord has certain rights and responsibilities, including maintaining the property and collecting rent.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Landlordnoun

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

  2. Landlordnoun

    the master of an inn or of a lodging house

  3. Etymology: [See Land, and Lord.]

Wikidata

  1. Landlord

    A landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, land or real estate which is rented or leased to an individual or business, who is called a tenant. When a juristic person is in this position, the term landlord is used. Other terms include lessor and owner. The term landlady may be used for female owners, and lessor applies to both genders.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Landlord' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3603

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Landlord' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4154

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Landlord' in Nouns Frequency: #1246

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Landlord in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Landlord in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Landlord in a Sentence

  1. Brenda Blethyn:

    We lived in a rented house, which was in a very poor state of repair, but despite many pleas to the landlord we found that we had to like it or lump it.

  2. Cornelius Freeman:

    When I came through the fence, my landlord was right there, on his knees, it just looked like he just — like all the skin had come off him.

  3. William Seward Burroughs:

    So cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.

  4. Greg Brown:

    There is a role to be played by the landlord, it is important and they want to play it, that's why it is disturbing that we are hearing about some places where the landlord is not able to apply on behalf of the tenant. It slows it down, doesn't make the best use of the time or money we have.

  5. Svenja Gudell:

    If you are renting, your landlord can increase your rent at any time. Tenants almost usually face an increase in rental payment, we also find that folks out there who are highly rent-burdened (people who spend a very large percentage of their income on rent) have a tough time planning ahead for retirement and saving up emergency funds.

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