Landowner Meaning
/ˈlændˌəʊ.nə/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person who owns land.
Sentence Examples
In 1880, the Irish boycotted a landowner, Captain C.C. Boycott, for failing to lower rents.
Tom is a wealthy landowner.
The middle brother became a landowner.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ sold a large piece of property to a developer for a new mall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The wealthy ____ donated a large portion of his estate to be used as a public park for the community.
Word Origin & History
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 *-āzijos 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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"If this was unrestricted freehold, the land is available for sale or lease, although often it is not readily marketable, by reason of its shape and access; neighbouring landowners are possible purchasers. In some cases, reversionary rights were reserved to neighbouring landowners when the land was acquired."
— 1951 June, “The Why and the Wherefore: Abandoned Branch Lands”, in Railway Magazine, page 428:
"The largest owner of tea lands on the island in the late 1800s (and Taiwan’s single wealthiest family) were the Lins of Pan-ch’iao. Along with other great familial and corporate landowners, the Pan-ch’iao Lins drew income from renting their properties under a flexible, sophisticated contractual system of land tenure."
— 1999, Murray A. Rubinstein, editor, Taiwan: A New History, M.E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 175:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ sold a large piece of property to a developer for a new mall.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The wealthy ____ donated a large portion of his estate to be used as a public park for the community.