landowner
landowner
Definition
land·owner (land′ōn′ər)
noun
a person who owns land
land′·own′er·ship′ noun
land′·own′·ing adjective, noun
landowner
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- compensate: Peasants refused to wait for government decrees that compensated the rich landowners - they seized the land for themselves.
- advise: A significant part of his work includes the refinancing and restructuring of agricultural businesses, advising landowners as well as banks and lenders.
- neighbor: A neighboring landowner has the right to cut back to the boundary any branches which overhang from a tree on an adjacent property.
- notify: Once contractors have been arranged the County Council will notify the landowner of the timing of remedial action.
- encourage: Encourage landowners with calcareous grassland to apply for the RSS.
- urge: Muirburn warning after weekend of fires Police are urging landowners to take care when burning heather on their land.
Adjective modifier
- wealthy: A typical parish would benefit from generous endowments, most notably from its wealthiest local landowner, the occupant of the Manor House.
- adjoining: CSD will contact the County Councilor and any landowners or adjoining landowners who are not objectors with the details of any Inquiry.
- feudal: These factors strengthened the princes, who no longer faced a challenge to their position as great feudal landowners.
- principal: The principal landowners are Lord Lonsdale, lord of the manor; Richard Grice, Esq.
- aristocratic: He was the leading aristocratic landowner, hated by the population of London.
- adjacent: Liaison with Mendip DC Rights of Way officer, and permission sought from adjacent landowners to install some signs.
Modifies a noun
- permission: The problem has been obtaining landowners permission to work on their land ( beyond my control ).
- consent: There are two other similar jobs awaiting landowner consent and of course the swing bridge to be painted.
Noun used with modifier
- absentee: Iraq effectively demilitarized and Arabs of Iraq became traders, shopkeepers, scholars and absentee landowners.
Possessives
- permission: With the landowner's permission, he has then donated most of his finds to the Museum.
- agreement: Such access must be negotiated for the landowner's agreement as in 2 above.
Preposition: in
- county: The earl was in his own right a considerable landowner in the county but his candidature proved unsuccessful.
Preposition: of
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