landlord

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

1. A person that leases real property; a lessor.

   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:
     The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.
     So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]

2. (chiefly British) The owner or manager of a public house.
   • 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 102:

     When asked to explain why he became a landlord, he told the Archbishop of York it was so he could close the pub on Sundays, and suppress the profane language and singing that came through the bar windows.

3. (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, 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 “The Landlord”

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 الدار m (mūl ed-dār)

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

  Mandarin: 房東 / 房东 (zh) (fángdōng), 東家 / 东家 (zh) (dōngjia), 地主 (zh) (dìzhǔ)

• Czech: pronajímatel (cs) m
• Danish: kromand c, krofatter c, gæstgiver c
• Dutch: huisbaas (nl) m
• Esperanto: termastro
• Faroese: góðseigari m
• Finnish: vuokranantaja (fi), vuokraisäntä
• French: propriétaire (fr) m or f
• Friulian: paron m
• 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 talún m, tiarna talaimh m
• Italian: proprietario (it) m
• Japanese: 家主 (ja) (やぬし, yanushi), 地主 (ja) (じぬし, jinushi), 大家 (ja) (おおや, ōya)
• Korean: 집주인 (jipju'in), 주인(主人) (ko) (ju'in)
• Kurdish:

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

• Latvian: saimnieks m
• Lezgi: иеси (iesi)
• Macedonian: станодавец m (stanodavec)
• Maltese: sid m, sidt f
• Maori: kairēti
• Nepali: घरपेदि (gharapedi)
• Nivkh: ыс (əs), ызӈ (əzŋ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utleier m

• Old English: landhlāford m
• Persian: صاحبخانه (fa) (sâhebxâne)
• Polish: najmodawca, właściciel (pl) m, wynajmujący m
• 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: uachdaran m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: станода́вац m

  Roman: stanodávac (sh) m

• Spanish: arrendador m, casero (es) m, terrateniente (es) m or f, propietario (es) m
• Swedish: hyresvärd (sv) c
• Tibetan: ཁང་བདག (khang bdag), ས་བདག (sa bdag)
• Turkish: ev sahibi (tr), mülk sahibi
• Ukrainian: хазя́їн m (xazjájin), домовла́сник m (domovlásnyk)
• Urdu: مَالِکِ مَکَان m (mālik-i makān)
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• Vietnamese: chủ nhà (vi), địa chủ
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• Welsh: landlord m
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• Zazaki: wayırê keyiwêrê mılki
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owner or manager of a public house

• Czech: hospodský m
• Dutch: herbergier (nl), kastelein (nl) m, kroegbaas (nl) m
• Finnish: omistaja (fi)
• French: patron (fr) m
• Irish: tábhairneoir m, óstóir m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مولکدار (mulkdar)

• Polish: gospodarz (pl)
• Scottish Gaelic: fear an taighe m, òstair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: станода́вац m

  Roman: stanodávac (sh) m

• Welsh: tafarnwr m, tafarnwraig f

See also

• lessor
• rentier
• Rachmanism
• tenant
• Absentee landlord on Wikipedia.Wikipedia