landlord
/ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person that leases real property; a lessor.
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "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."
- "the lurking presence of “The Landlord”"
- "All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists."
- "cannot admit realization of realities without admitting a changed view of the world she landlords."
- "Middlemen had fairly steady relationships with Meridian; the same people were landlording houses in all the places where Meridian was assembling land: West St Jamestown, Homewood and Suffolk, Dundas and Sherbourne, George Street."
Etymology
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: londlord, landhlāford
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/
- British English: /ˈlænd.lɔːd/
Usage
- British usage
- Slang
- Transitive verb