- a person, company, etc. that rents or leases land, houses, apartments, etc. to others
- a man who rents rooms to lodgers
- Brit. a man who operates a pub
Origin of landlord
Middle English londelorde from Old English landhlaford: see land and lord
noun
The definition of a landlord is a person who rents land, rooms, apartments or houses to others.
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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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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Noun
(plural landlords)
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landlord - Legal Definition
n
The lessor of real property.
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Sentence Examples
- If the tenant paid his rent, the landlord could not forbid subletting.
- He was sometimes known as the "Landlord of New York."
- Was it merely coincidence that her lease would be up next Friday and the landlord was raising the rent?
- In Sardinia landlord-farming and leasehold prevail.
- Rights which the landlord desires to retain over the lands let are excepted or reserved.
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