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His great-grandfather had been a slave owner and large landholder; his parents were tenant farmers.
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
But in numerous cases, landholders were not exactly fat cats.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The Ocean View School District is the largest landholder and provider of open green space in northwest Orange County, covering over 315 acres.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Still, enforcement can go only so far with the smaller landholders and subsistence farmers who are responsible for an increasingly large share of the remaining deforestation.
—Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
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Charlie Lee, Harpers Magazine, 18 June 2025
But in numerous cases, landholders were not exactly fat cats.
—Ian Johnson, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
The Ocean View School District is the largest landholder and provider of open green space in northwest Orange County, covering over 315 acres.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024
Still, enforcement can go only so far with the smaller landholders and subsistence farmers who are responsible for an increasingly large share of the remaining deforestation.
—Jeff Tollefson, Foreign Affairs, 11 Feb. 2013
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for landholder
landowner
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When one landowner stuck a fireworks stand on the property across the way and was letting consumers shoot them off on-site, Foreman fought it by founding the Church of Peace and Quiet.—
Rachel Royster,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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Texas Pacific Land -- The Texas landowner gained 9%, a day after the death of Horizon Kinetics CEO Murray Stahl sent shares tumbling nearly 16%.—
Davis Giangiulio,
CNBC,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Landholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landholder. Accessed 27 Apr. 2026.
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