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The definition of a landlord is a person who rents land, rooms, apartments or houses to others.

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An example of a landlord is the person who owns the house you live in and who you pay rent to every month.

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See landlord in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a person, esp. a man, who rents or leases land, houses, etc. to others
a man who keeps a rooming house, inn, etc.

Origin: ME londelorde < OE landhlaford: see land & lord

See landlord in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One that owns and rents land, buildings, or dwelling units.
A man who runs a rooming house or an inn; an innkeeper.

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