noun
landlord
LAND-lawd
noun
1
A person or company that owns property and rents it out to tenants.
"Our landlord fixed the boiler within a day of us reporting it."
"She became a landlord after buying her first rental flat."
2
The owner or manager of a pub or inn.
"The landlord called last orders at eleven."
How to Use Landlord
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone who owns a property and lets other people live in it for rent, or who runs a pub.
Easily confused with
Common pairings
landlord and tenant
absentee landlord
Word Forms
landlorded past tense, landlords plural, landlords singular
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Etymology
From Old English landhlaford, from land + lord — originally meaning the lord who owned the land.