landlord

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English

Etymology

From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land +‎ lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

Pronunciation

Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

  1. A person that leases real property; a lessor.
    Synonyms: lessor, lease provider, (informal) leaser
    Antonyms: tenant, lessee
    Hyponyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, (informal) subleaser, underleaser
    • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw , Act I:
      Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
      Then to haue this difference in degrees:
      The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.
      So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]
  2. (chiefly British) The owner or manager of a public house.
    • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102:
      When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows.
  3. (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
    • 2004, Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for, Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast‎:
      the lurking presence of “The Landlord”

Synonyms

  • (person who rents something): lessor
  • (owner or manager of a public house): publican

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