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landlord

noun · verb · 5 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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  • UK: /ˈlænd.lɔːd/
  • US: /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D L AO2 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person that leases real property; a lessor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lessor, lease provider, leaser

Antonyms: tenant, lessee

2

noun

Meaning 2

The owner or manager of a public house.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: publican

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: slang, with-definite-article

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports, surfing

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To lease real property; to act as a lessor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: rare, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

a landowner who leases to others

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: landowner, landholder, property owner

Narrower terms: landlady

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: а́ԥшәма (ápŝwma) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Abkhaz: аҩны зтәу (ajwnə ztwʼu) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Afrikaans: verhuurder — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Albanian: pronar — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Amharic: የቤት ጌታ (yäbet geta) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Arabic: مول الدار (mūl ed-dār) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Armenian: տանտեր (tanter) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Azerbaijani: ev sahibi — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Belarusian: гаспада́р (haspadár) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Belarusian: дамаўла́снiк (damawlásnik) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Belarusian: дамаўла́сьнiк (damawlásʹnik) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Bulgarian: хазя́ин (hazjáin) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Bulgarian: ханджи́я (handžíja) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Bulgarian: хаза́ин (hazáin) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Bulgarian: стопа́нин (stopánin) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Burmese: အိမ်ရှင် (imhrang) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Catalan: amo — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Chinese Cantonese: 地主 (dei6 zyu2) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 房東 /房东 (fángdōng) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 東家 /东家 (dōngjia) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Chinese Mandarin: 地主 (dìzhǔ) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Czech: pronajímatel — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Danish: kromand — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Danish: krofatter — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Danish: gæstgiver — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Danish: udlejer — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Dutch: huisbaas — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Esperanto: termastro — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Estonian: üürileandja — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Estonian: peremees — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Estonian: majaomanik — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Faroese: góðseigari — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Finnish: vuokranantaja — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Finnish: vuokraisäntä — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Finnish: talonomistaja — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • French: propriétaire — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Friulian: paron — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Georgian: მემამულე (memamule) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Georgian: სახლის პატრონი (saxlis ṗaṭroni) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • German: Vermieter — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • German: Hauswirt — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Greek: σπιτονοικοκύρης (spitonoikokýris) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Gujarati: વીશીવાળો (vīśīvāḷo) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Hebrew: בַּעַל בַּיִת (bá'al báyit) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Hungarian: háziúr — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Hungarian: bérbeadó — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Icelandic: leigusali — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Indonesian: tuan tanah — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Irish: tiarna talún — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Irish: tiarna talaimh — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Italian: proprietario — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Japanese: 家主 (yanushi) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Japanese: 地主 (jinushi) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Japanese: 大家 (ōya) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Kazakh: үй иесі (üi iesı) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Khmer: ម្ចាស់ផ្ទះ (mcah phtĕəh) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Korean: 집주인 (jipju'in) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Korean: 주인 (ju'in) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Central Kurdish: مولکدار (mulkdar) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Central Kurdish: خاوەن مولک (xawen mulk) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Kyrgyz: үй ээси (üy eesi) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Lao: ເຈົ້າທີ່ດິນ (chao thī din) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Lao: ເຈົ້າຂອງເຮືອນ (chao khǭng hư̄an) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Latvian: saimnieks — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Lezgi: иеси (iesi) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Lithuanian: šeimininkas — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Macedonian: станодавец (stanodavec) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Maltese: sid — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Maltese: sidt — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Māori: kairēti — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Nepali: घरपेदि (gharapedi) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Nivkh: ыс (əs) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Nivkh: ызӈ (əzŋ) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Norwegian Bokmål: utleier — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Old English: landhlāford — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Iranian Persian: صاحِبْخانِه (sâhebxâne) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Iranian Persian: صاحِبْخونِه (sâhebxune) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Polish: najmodawca — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Polish: właściciel — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Polish: wynajmujący — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Portuguese: senhorio — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Portuguese: proprietário — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Romanian: gazdă — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Russian: хозя́ин (xozjáin) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Russian: домовладе́лец (domovladélec) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Russian: арендода́тель (arendodátelʹ) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Russian: владе́лец (vladélec) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Russian: квартировладе́лец (kvartirovladélec) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Scots: laird — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Serbo-Croatian: станода́вац — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Serbo-Croatian: stanodávac — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Slovak: prenajímateľ — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Slovene: najemodajalec — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Spanish: arrendador — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Spanish: casero — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Spanish: terrateniente — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Spanish: propietario — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Spanish: patrono — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Spanish: patrón — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Swedish: hyresvärd — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Tajik: соҳибхона (sohibxona) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Thai: เจ้าของบ้าน (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng-bâan) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Thai: เจ้าของที่ดิน (jâo-kɔ̌ɔng-tîi-din) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Tibetan: ཁང་བདག (khang bdag) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Tibetan: ས་བདག (sa bdag) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Turkish: ev sahibi — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Turkish: mülk sahibi — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Ukrainian: хазя́їн (xazjájin) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Ukrainian: домовла́сник (domovlásnyk) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Urdu: مَالِکِ مَکَان (mālik-i makān) — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Uzbek: uy egasi — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Vietnamese: chủ nhà — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Vietnamese: địa chủ — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Welsh: landlord — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Zazaki: wayırê keyiwêrê mılki — person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo
  • Czech: hospodský — owner or manager of a public house
  • Dutch: herbergier — owner or manager of a public house
  • Dutch: kastelein — owner or manager of a public house
  • Dutch: kroegbaas — owner or manager of a public house
  • Finnish: omistaja — owner or manager of a public house
  • French: patron — owner or manager of a public house
  • Irish: tábhairneoir — owner or manager of a public house
  • Irish: óstóir — owner or manager of a public house
  • Central Kurdish: مولکدار (mulkdar) — owner or manager of a public house
  • Polish: gospodarz — owner or manager of a public house
  • Scottish Gaelic: fear an taighe — owner or manager of a public house
  • Scottish Gaelic: òstair — owner or manager of a public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: станода́вац — owner or manager of a public house
  • Serbo-Croatian: stanodávac — owner or manager of a public house
  • Ottoman Turkish: خانجی (hancı) — owner or manager of a public house
  • Welsh: tafarnwr — owner or manager of a public house
  • Welsh: tafarnwraig — owner or manager of a public house
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