landowner

noun

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

Examples of landowner in a Sentence

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Any permanent expansion onto the other side of Birch Road, however, would require buying or long-term leasing from landowners. Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025 Note here again that rural landowners are not, or rarely, consulted about anything. Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 An additional $4 million was removed from a forest legacy program aimed at encouraging good management practices from landowners whilst $28 million was slashed from funds provided to multiple state conservancies to increase wildfire resilience. Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025 Because most landowners don’t want to forfeit their property rights to the government, the law in effect encourages them to destroy ... Dominic Pino, National Review, 8 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for landowner 

Word History

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 19 Jan. 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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