landlord

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishlondlord,landlorde,fromOld Englishlandhlāford,equivalent toland+‎lord.Cognate withScotslandlaird,Middle Low Germanlantlord(“homeowner, landlord”).

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/ˈlænd.lɔːd/
• (US)IPA^(key):/ˈlænd.lɔɹd/

• Audio(General Australian):

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Noun

landlord(plurallandlords)

1. A person that leasesreal property;alessor.

   Synonyms:lessor,lease provider,(informal)leaser

   Antonyms:tenant,lessee

   Hyponyms:sublessor,underlessor,sublandlord,underlandlord,subletter,underletter,(informal)subleaser,underleaser

   • 1593,anonymous author,The Life and Death of Iacke Straw[…],Act I:

     Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
     Then to haue this difference in degrees:
     Thelandlordhis rent, the lawyer his fees.
     So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent[…]

2. (chieflyBritish)Theownerormanagerof apublic house.
3. (surfing,slang,with "the")Ashark,imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
   • 2004,Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for,Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast‎^[1]:

     the lurking presence of “TheLandlord”

Synonyms

• (person who rents something):lessor
• (owner or manager of a public house):publican

Derived terms

• head landlord
• landlordism
• landlordless
• landlord special
• social landlord
• sub-landlord
• superior landlord

Related terms

• landlady

Translations

person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo

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• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic:مول الدارm(mūl ed-dār)

• Armenian:տանտեր(hy)(tanter)
• Belarusian:гаспада́р(be)m(haspadár),дамаўла́снiкm(damaŭlásnik)
• Bulgarian:хазя́ин(bg)m(hazjáin),ханджи́яm(handžíja),хаза́инm(hazáin)
• Catalan:amo(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Chủ nhà／Chủ nhà(zh)(fángdōng),Chủ nhân／Chủ nhân(zh)(dōngjia),Địa chủ(zh)(dìzhǔ)

• Czech:pronajímatel(cs)m
• Danish:kromandc,krofatterc,gæstgiverc
• Dutch:huisbaas(nl)m
• Esperanto:termastro
• Faroese:góðseigarim
• Finnish:vuokranantaja(fi),vuokraisäntä
• French:propriétaire(fr)morf
• Friulian:paronm
• German:Vermieter(de)m,Hauswirt(de)m
• Greek:σπιτονοικοκύρης(el)(spitonoikokýris)
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• Hebrew:בַּעַל בַּיִת(he)m(bá'al báyit)
• Hungarian:háziúr(hu),bérbeadó(hu)sg
• Icelandic:leigusali(is)m
• Indonesian:tuan tanah(id)m
• Irish:tiarna talúnm,tiarna talaimhm
• Italian:proprietario(it)m
• Japanese:Gia chủ(ja)(やぬし, yanushi),Địa chủ(ja)(じぬし, jinushi),Đại gia(ja)(おおや, ōya)
• Korean:집주인(jipju'in),주인( chủ nhân )(ko)(ju'in)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:مولکدار(mulkdar),خاوەن مولک(xawen mulk)

• Latvian:saimnieksm
• Lezgi:иеси(iesi)
• Macedonian:станодавецm(stanodavec)
• Maltese:sidm,sidtf
• Maori:kairēti
• Nepali:घरपेदि(gharapedi)
• Nivkh:ыс(əs),ызӈ(əzŋ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:utleierm

• Old English:landhlāfordm
• Persian:صاحبخانه(phát)(sâhebxâne)
• Polish:najmodawca,właściciel(pl)m,wynajmującym
• Portuguese:senhorio(pt)m,proprietário(pt)m
• Romanian:gazdă(ro)f
• Russian:(квартиры, дома)хозя́ин(ru)(xozjáin),домовладе́лец(ru)m(domovladélec),арендода́тель(ru)m(arendodátelʹ),владе́лец(ru)m(vladélec)
• Scots:laird
• Scottish Gaelic:uachdaranm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:станода́вацm

  Roman:stanodávac(sh)m

• Spanish:arrendadorm,casero(es)m,terrateniente(es)morf,propietario(es)m
• Swedish:hyresvärd(sv)c
• Tibetan:ཁང་བདག(khang bdag),ས་བདག(sa bdag)
• Turkish:ev sahibi(tr),mülk sahibi
• Ukrainian:хазя́їнm(xazjájin),домовла́сникm(domovlásnyk)
• Urdu:مَالِکِ مَکَانm(mālik-i makān)
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• Vietnamese:chủ nhà(vi),địa chủ
• Volapük:please add this translation if you can
• Welsh:landlordm
• West Coast Bajau:please add this translation if you can
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• Zazaki:wayırê keyiwêrê mılki
• Zhuang:please add this translation if you can
• Zulu:please add this translation if you can

owner or manager of a public house

• Czech:hospodským
• Dutch:herbergier(nl),kastelein(nl)m,kroegbaas(nl)m
• Finnish:omistaja(fi)
• French:patron(fr)m
• Irish:tábhairneoirm,óstóirm
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:مولکدار(mulkdar)

• Polish:gospodarz(pl)
• Scottish Gaelic:fear an taighem,òstairm
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:станода́вацm

  Roman:stanodávac(sh)m

• Welsh:tafarnwrm,tafarnwraigf

See also

• lessor
• rentier
• Rachmanism
• tenant
• Absentee landlordon Wikipedia.Wikipedia