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landlady

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK, US: /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D L EY2 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A female landlord.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a landlord who is a woman

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: landlord

History

Etymology

From land + lady.

Across languages

Translations

29 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: տանտիրուհի (tantiruhi) — female landlord
  • Belarusian: гаспады́ня (haspadýnja) — female landlord
  • Belarusian: дамаўла́снiца (damawlásnica) — female landlord
  • Bulgarian: хазя́йка (hazjájka) — female landlord
  • Bulgarian: хаза́йка (hazájka) — female landlord
  • Bulgarian: ханджи́йка (handžíjka) — female landlord
  • Catalan: mestressa — female landlord
  • Dutch: hospita — female landlord
  • Finnish: vuokraemäntä — female landlord
  • Finnish: vuokranantaja — female landlord
  • French: propriétaire — female landlord
  • German: Vermieterin — female landlord
  • German: Hauswirtin — female landlord
  • Greek: σπιτονοικοκυρά (spitonoikokyrá) — female landlord
  • Irish: bantiarna talún — female landlord
  • Latvian: saimniece — female landlord
  • Macedonian: станодавка (stanodavka) — female landlord
  • Russian: хозя́йка (xozjájka) — female landlord
  • Russian: домовладе́лица (domovladélica) — female landlord
  • Serbo-Croatian: стано̀да̄вка — female landlord
  • Serbo-Croatian: stanòdāvka — female landlord
  • Spanish: arredataria — female landlord
  • Spanish: casera — female landlord
  • Spanish: terrateniente — female landlord
  • Swedish: hyresvärdinna — female landlord
  • Tibetan: གནས་མོ (gnas mo) — female landlord
  • Ukrainian: господи́ня (hospodýnja) — female landlord
  • Ukrainian: хазя́йка (xazjájka) — female landlord
  • Ukrainian: домовла́сниця (domovlásnycja) — female landlord
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