landlady

noun

land·la·dy | \ ˈland-ˌlā-dē

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Definition of landlady

: a woman who is a landlord

Examples of landlady in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web There, Sabit ran into her Kazakh landlady and her husband. — Raffi Khatchadourian, The New Yorker, "Surviving the Crackdown in Xinjiang," 5 Apr. 2021 Signora Angeletti, the landlady of what would later become the Keats-Shelley House, presented Keats’s friend, the British painter, John Severn, with a bill for broken chinaware. — Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, "The Keats-Shelley House Commemorates The Death Of Keats," 2 Mar. 2021 On April 22, 1897, Julia went to Maud's room while Maud and her landlady were on an errand. — Tom Dillard, Arkansas Online, "Outcome of a sordid affair," 27 Dec. 2020 As a Fulbright scholar, Professor Hackett lived in a tiny flat in Munich, where his strict landlady brought him crusty rolls each morning for breakfast. — Alex Vadukul, New York Times, "David Hackett, Historian and Holocaust Expert, Dies at 80," 15 Dec. 2020 According to the Evening Standard, after retrieving a spare key from the landlady, Stephen managed to enter the home and found Flack unconscious. — Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, "Love Island Host Caroline Flack Wanted to 'Find Harmony' with Boyfriend Ahead of Her Death," 5 Aug. 2020 The brutal killing of an elderly landlady offers no forensic answers and stumps detectives. — Nina Zafar, Washington Post, "What to watch on Wednesday: ‘World’s Most Wanted’ on Netflix," 5 Aug. 2020 Plimpton even reached out to Finch’s spring training contacts: his driver, his landlady. — Chris Erskinecolumnist, Los Angeles Times, "Column: Remembering Sidd Finch, the Mets prospect who seemed almost too good to be true," 1 Apr. 2020 This same frugality underpinned my landlady’s generosity. — New York Times, "Tiny Love Stories: ‘Our Second Baby Turned Us Into Business Partners’," 10 Mar. 2020

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“Landlady.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landlady. Accessed 12 May. 2021.

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landlady

noun

English Language Learners Definition of landlady

: a woman who owns a house, apartment, etc., and rents it to other people

: a woman who runs an inn, pub, or rooming house

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landlady

noun

land·la·dy | \ ˈland-ˌlā-dē

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plural landladies

Kids Definition of landlady

1 : a woman who owns land or houses that she rents

2 : a woman who runs an inn or rooming house

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