landowner

noun

land·​own·​er ˈland-ˌō-nər How to pronounce landowner (audio)
: an owner of land
landownership noun
landowning adjective or noun

Examples of landowner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web But Max Alonzo, a former USFS employee with the union representing federal workers, says nearby landowners that day were apparently upset about the fire happening and started causing trouble, taking to the road in their pickups. Kirk Siegler, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024 Olson confirmed that the city had served the landowner with two citations: one for marijuana growth and one for improper zoning. Frank E. Lockwood, arkansasonline.com, 30 Mar. 2024 Wealthy landowner Nicholas Longworth donated 4 acres on Mount Ida (now known as Mount Adams) to place the observatory on a high spot. Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 24 Mar. 2024 Weed Wrangle, 9 a.m. at Raccoon SRA (Cecil M Harden Lake): The Wabash Invasive Removal Project will be removing invasive plants from the park while teaching landowners how to do the same at home. Karl Schneider, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Mar. 2024 Bazille, the son of a Protestant landowner from the south of France, moved to Paris to pursue art in the early 1860s. Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2024 As part of a Masters Thesis study at North Dakota State University in 2013, Steve Atwood—now a biologist with FWP working out of Miles City—surveyed local landowners about the long-standing closure. Travis Hall, Field & Stream, 28 Mar. 2024 Returning to her North London home, this revenant is soon embroiled in a high-society plot involving a local landowner (Pip Torrens), his weak-willed son (Jake Dunn) and vengeful daughter (Alice Kremelberg), and a string-pulling Earl (Adrian Lester). Mike McCahill, Variety, 27 Mar. 2024 But the same skills that make beavers such keen ecosystem engineers have also gained them enemies among farmers, ranchers and other landowners. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1733, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of landowner was circa 1733

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“Landowner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landowner. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.

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landowner

noun
land·​own·​er ˈlan-ˌdō-nər How to pronounce landowner (audio)
: an owner of land
landowning adjective
landownership noun
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