landlord

noun

land·​lord ˈland-ˌlȯrd 

1

: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another

2

: the master of an inn or lodging house : innkeeper

Synonyms

• lessor
• letter
• renter

Examples of landlord in a Sentence

agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month

a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation

Recent Examples on the Web

Among the landlords raking it in are palm oil-and-construction magnate Gooi Seong Lim, whose Crescendo has netted $137 million since 2023 from selling over 40 hectares of land to companies such as Microsoft, which in turn has earmarked $2.2 billion for its Malaysian data center projects. —Jonathan Burgos, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025

Her efforts paid off when their landlord returned the full deposit. —Ashley Vega, People.com, 14 Apr. 2025

His landlord discovered the grisly scene on April 8. —Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2025

Related Articles Inside the conflict brewing in a rural Colorado county over where to store dead bodies After a Loveland woman died, her landlord charged $5,000 for breaking the lease. —Jesse Bedayn, Denver Post, 14 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing landlord

• absentee landlord

Rhymes for landlord

• abhorred
• aboard
• accord
• adored
• afford
• award
• baseboard
• billboard
• blackboard
• boxboard
• breadboard
• broadsword

Kids Definition

landlord

noun

land·​lord -ˌ(d)lȯ(ə)rd 

1

: the owner of land or houses that is rented to another

2

: a person who runs an inn or rooming house

Legal Definition

landlord

noun

land·​lord

: the owner of property (as houses, apartments, or land) that is leased or rented to another