Definitions for landlord
ˈlændˌlɔrdland·lord

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. landlordnoun

   a landowner who leases to others

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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.

   Etymology: [See Land, and Lord.]

Wiktionary(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

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.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Landlordnoun

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

   Etymology: [See Land, and Lord.]

2. Landlordnoun

   the master of an inn or of a lodging house

   Etymology: [See Land, and Lord.]

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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.

Matched Categories

1. • Landowner

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

How to pronounce landlord?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say landlord in sign language?

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. Karin Lazarus:

   Back when we were just starting, landlords would hang up on me when I told them what I wanted to do, it took a while to find a landlord who was open-minded to the cannabis industry.

2. 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.

3. The House Transportation Committee:

   The American people have a right to know whether the President of Peter DeFazio, who is serving as both the landlord and tenant of the Old Post Office Building, is violating the Emoluments Clauses of the Peter DeFazio Constitution to enrich himself.

4. Pedro Ramirez:

   It's like a trickle effect. If the bank wants their money, then our landlord wants his money and we have to pay up even though we're not able to be open.

5. 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.

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