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landowner Definition

land·owner (landōn′ər)

noun

a person who owns land

landowner Related Forms
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

  • township: Mr. Jolliffe and Mrs. Mary Dikes are the principal landowners of this township, which contains 1847 acres, rated at £ 1818.
  • parish: Listed on the right are all the main landowners of the parish in 1895.