landlord

land·lord

noun \-ˌlȯrd\

Definition of LANDLORD

1

: the owner of property (as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another

2

: the master of an inn or lodging house : innkeeper

Examples of LANDLORD

1. <agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month>
2. <a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation>

First Known Use of LANDLORD

before 12th century

Related to LANDLORD

Synonyms: lessor, letter, renter

Antonyms: lessee, lodger, roomer, tenant

Related Words: landlady; laird, landholder, landowner; proprietor; slumlord

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Rhymes with LANDLORD

aboard, accord, afford, award, backboard, backsword, bargeboard, baseboard, billboard, blackboard, boxboard, breadboard, broadsword, buckboard, cardboard, chalkboard, chessboard, chipboard, clapboard, clipboard, concord, corkboard, dashboard, discord, draft board, duckboard, face cord, fjord, flashboard, floorboard, footboard, freeboard, greensward, hardboard, headboard, inboard, keyboard, kickboard, lapboard, leeboard, matchboard, moldboard, nerve cord, onboard, on board, outboard, packboard, pasteboard, patchboard, patch cord, Peg-Board, pressboard, punchboard, rearward, record, reward, sailboard, scoreboard, seaboard, shipboard, sideboard, signboard, skateboard, slumlord, smallsword, snowboard, soundboard, splashboard, springboard, surfboard, switchboard, tailboard, tote board, untoward, wakeboard, wallboard, warlord, washboard, whiteboard, whipcord, word-hoard