Definition of landowner
:an owner of land
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The program also makes use of private lands and fields opened for use by community members, which fosters good relationships between hunters and private landowners.
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The Washington Forest Protection Association is a trade association representing private forest landowners in Washington State.
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In Jayachandran’s study, only a third of the landowners who were invited to take part in the PES program accepted.
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The Adorers, who also sponsor a nursing home near the field, are among fewer than 30 landowners who have not signed agreements with the company, leading to eminent domain proceedings, Stockton said.
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Construction is tied down by legal challenges from landowners whose property is needed for a barrier.
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The charismatic Zapata crusaded to return the enormous holdings of wealthy landowners to Mexico's peasant population.
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The situation is compounded in the eradication zone, because the goal is so daunting and because landowner opposition to the DNR efforts is so widespread.
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The men who declared American independence 241 years ago today were largely landowners and merchants, already well established in society.
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First Known Use of landowner
circa 1733
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