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landlord definition

land·lord (-lôrd′)

noun

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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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