landowner

B2 Topic:People & Society
US /ˈlændˌoʊ.nɚ/ UK /ˈlændˌəʊ.nə/
noun Freq #28030

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a person or organization that owns land

    The landowner agreed to preserve public access to the riverbank.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · a person or organization... landholderproperty ownerproprietor
Opposites
Word family
Forms landowners
Derived forms landownership
Related forms estatefreeholdproperty

Etymology

A compound of land + owner. It names a person or organization by the property held rather than by whether that land is occupied, farmed, or rented to someone else.

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