landlord

CEFRC1

/ˈlænd.lɔːd/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A man who rents a room or property to someone.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The friendly landlord agreed to repair the leaking kitchen pipe tomorrow.

  • The landlord told him to leave because he hadn't paid his rent.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. The owner or manager of a public house.

  2. A person that leases real property; a lessor.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To lease real property; to act as a lessor.

More examples

In context

  • The landlord won't permit him to paint the door red.

  • 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.

  • 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 […]

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

The blank collected the monthly rent from the tenants on the first day.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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