Landlord Meaning
/ˈlænd.lɔːd/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person that leases real property; a lessor.
nounThe owner or manager of a public house.
Sentence Examples
The landlord told him to leave because he hadn't paid his rent.
The landlord won't permit him to paint the door red.
The friendly landlord agreed to repair the leaking kitchen pipe tomorrow.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ collected the monthly rent from the tenants on the first day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ agreed to fix the broken window in the apartment after the tenant complained about it today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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 […]"
— 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], →OCLC, Act I:
"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."
— 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102:
"the lurking presence of “The Landlord”"
— 2004, Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for, Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast:
"All kinds of "Dulishevskis" were "landlording" in Tisza's time, and have continued under the Communists."
— 1920, Russian Liberation Committee, The New Russia, Volume 12, page 45:
"cannot admit realization of realities without admitting a changed view of the world she landlords."
— 1955, Milton Ralph Stern, The Theme and Craft of Herman Melville, The Fine Hammered Steel, page 239:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ collected the monthly rent from the tenants on the first day.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ agreed to fix the broken window in the apartment after the tenant complained about it today.