landowner

noun

land·​own·​er ˈland-ˌō-nər How to pronounce landowner (audio)
: an owner of land
landownership noun
landowning adjective or noun

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Developed by Meriwether Companies in partnership with the Sanchez Navarro family—Los Cabos’s pioneering landowners—Cabo Real Surf Club is redefining luxury living with an active, ocean-centric lifestyle. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2025 After taking power in October 1949, the party stoked the flames of anger and hatred against landowners, resulting in the first mass campaign of violence in the People’s Republic. Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025 That book, about a middle-aged landowner whose son returns from college infected with the ideology of nihilism, was published in 1862, a century before Grade wrote his Jewish variation on the theme. Adam Kirsch, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025 Columbia is the city’s largest private landowner, acting as both an educational institution and a de facto real-estate firm (that also receives $182 million annually in property-tax breaks from the city). Clio Chang, Curbed, 24 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for landowner

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First Known Use

circa 1733, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of landowner was circa 1733

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“Landowner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landowner. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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landowner

noun
land·​own·​er ˈlan-ˌdō-nər How to pronounce landowner (audio)
: an owner of land
landowning adjective
landownership noun

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