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landlady definition

land·lady (land′lād′ē)

noun pl. landladies -·dies

  1. a woman who rents or leases land, houses, etc. to others
  2. a woman who keeps a rooming house, inn, etc.

Etymology: after landlord

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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