noun
Meaning 1
A person who owns land.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: landholder
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
landowner
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.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈlændˌəʊ.nə/
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US: /ˈlændˌoʊ.nɚ/
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CMU ARPABET: L AE1 N D OW2 N ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
a holder or proprietor of land
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: landholder, property owner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: holder
Narrower terms: abutter, franklin, freeholder, laird, landlord, squire
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *lendh- Proto-Indo-European *-om Proto-Germanic *landą Proto-West Germanic *land Old English land Middle English lond English land English own Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English owner English landowner From land + owner.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Asturian: terrateniente — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: землеўла́снік (zjemljewlásnik) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: землеўла́сніца (zjemljewlásnica) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: землеўлада́льнік (zjemljewladálʹnik) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: землеўлада́льніца (zjemljewladálʹnica) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: паме́шчык (pamjéščyk) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: паме́шчыца (pamjéščyca) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: абша́рнік (abšárnik) — a person who owns land
- Belarusian: абша́рніца (abšárnica) — a person who owns land
- Bulgarian: земевладе́лец (zemevladélec) — a person who owns land
- Catalan: terratinent — a person who owns land
- Chinese Mandarin: 地主 (dìzhǔ) — a person who owns land
- Czech: statkář — a person who owns land
- Czech: statkářka — a person who owns land
- Danish: jordbesidder — a person who owns land
- Danish: jordejer — a person who owns land
- Dutch: grondbezitter — a person who owns land
- Faroese: jarðareigari — a person who owns land
- Finnish: maanomistaja — a person who owns land
- French: propriétaire terrien — a person who owns land
- French: propriétaire terrienne — a person who owns land
- Galician: terratenente — a person who owns land
- Georgian: მიწათმფლობელი (mic̣atmplobeli) — a person who owns land
- German: Grundbesitzer — a person who owns land
- German: Grundbesitzerin — a person who owns land
- Greek: γαιοκτήμονας (gaioktímonas) — a person who owns land
- Greek: κτηματίας (ktimatías) — a person who owns land
- Hindi: ज़मींदार (zamīndār) — a person who owns land
- Hindi: जमींदार (jamīndār) — a person who owns land
- Hungarian: földbirtokos — a person who owns land
- Icelandic: landeigandi — a person who owns land
- Icelandic: jarðeigandi — a person who owns land
- Irish: uachtarán — a person who owns land
- Irish: urra — a person who owns land
- Italian: proprietario terriero — a person who owns land
- Japanese: 地主 — a person who owns land
- Korean: 지주 (jiju) — a person who owns land
- Macedonian: земјопо́седник (zemjopósednik) — a person who owns land
- Macedonian: земјопосе́дничка (zemjoposédnička) — a person who owns land
- Macedonian: земјовла́делец m земјовладе́лица (zemjovládelec) — a person who owns land
- Macedonian: земјовла́дејач (zemjovládejač) — a person who owns land
- Macedonian: земјовладе́јачка (zemjovladéjačka) — a person who owns land
- Māori: kaipupuri whenua — a person who owns land
- Norwegian Bokmål: grunneier — a person who owns land
- Norwegian Bokmål: jordeier — a person who owns land
- Norwegian Nynorsk: grunneigar — a person who owns land
- Norwegian Nynorsk: jordeigar — a person who owns land
- Occitan: tèrratenent — a person who owns land
- Old English: landāgend — a person who owns land
- Persian: زمیندار (zamin-dâr) — a person who owns land
- Polish: właściciel ziemski — a person who owns land
- Polish: właścicielka ziemska — a person who owns land
- Portuguese: terratenente — a person who owns land
- Russian: землевладе́лец (zemlevladélec) — a person who owns land
- Russian: землевладе́лица (zemlevladélica) — a person who owns land
- Russian: поме́щик (poméščik) — a person who owns land
- Russian: поме́щица (poméščica) — a person who owns land
- Serbo-Croatian: земљопоседник — a person who owns land
- Serbo-Croatian: земљопосједник — a person who owns land
- Serbo-Croatian: земљовласник — a person who owns land
- Serbo-Croatian: zemljoposednik — a person who owns land
- Serbo-Croatian: zemljoposjednik — a person who owns land
- Serbo-Croatian: zemljovlasnik — a person who owns land
- Slovak: statkár — a person who owns land
- Slovak: statkárka — a person who owns land
- Spanish: terrateniente — a person who owns land
- Spanish: latifundista — a person who owns land
- Spanish: minifundista — a person who owns land
- Swedish: markägare — a person who owns land
- Swedish: godsägare — a person who owns land
- Swedish: jordägare — a person who owns land
- Turkish: arazi sahibi — a person who owns land
- Turkish: ağa — a person who owns land
- Ukrainian: землевла́сник (zemlevlásnyk) — a person who owns land
- Ukrainian: землевла́сниця (zemlevlásnycja) — a person who owns land
- Ukrainian: помі́щик (pomíščyk) — a person who owns land
- Ukrainian: помі́щиця (pomíščycja) — a person who owns land
- Urdu: زمیندار (zamīndār) — a person who owns land
- Volapük: länedal — a person who owns land
- Volapük: hilänedal — a person who owns land
- Volapük: jilänedal — a person who owns land
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