landlord

B1 Topic:People & Society

Also spelled land-lord

US /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/ UK /ˈlænd.lɔːd/ See IPA manual

Freq #6015

Meanings

1

noun
A person who rents out a room, house, or land to other people.

The landlord agreed to fix the broken heater.
2

noun
A man who owns or runs a pub.

The landlord pulled a fresh pint behind the bar.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who rents out a... lessor

2 noun · a man who owns or runs a pub. publican

Word family

Forms landlords

Derived forms landchadlandlordinglandlordishlandlordismlandlordlesslandlordlylandlordrylandlordshipnonlandlordrandlordslumlordsub-landlord

Etymology

From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

londlord Middle English landhlāford Old English

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# landlord

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈlænd.lɔːd/
**Frequency rank:** 6015

## Meanings
1. A person who rents out a room, house, or land to other people.
2. A man who owns or runs a pub.

## Examples
- The landlord agreed to fix the broken heater.
- The landlord pulled a fresh pint behind the bar.

## Derived Forms
- landchad
- landlording
- landlordish
- landlordism
- landlordless
- landlordly
- landlordry
- landlordship
- nonlandlord
- randlord
- slumlord
- sub-landlord

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: londlord
- Root: landhlāford

## Etymology
From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

## AI Etymology
Landlord comes from Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”). The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix.

## Topics
- People & Society

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