landlord

1 the owner of land or housing that is rented to another <agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month> Synonyms lessor, letter, renter Related Words landlady; laird, landholder, landowner; proprietor; slumlord Antonyms lessee, lodger, roomer, tenant

2 the owner or manager of an inn <a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation> Synonyms boniface, innkeeper, tavernerRelated Words padrone, patron; hosteler (or hosteller), hotelier, hotelman