landowners

Definition of landownersnext
plural of landowner
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Noun
  • This would have come as news to the Highland Scots who invaded England in 1745 or the Irish Whiteboys who terrorized landlords and tax collectors a few decades later.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Our audit revealed issues with landlords charging higher rents, uninhabitable conditions and financially distressed properties.
    Teresa Liu, Daily News, 4 May 2026
Noun
  • Alarmed by growing difficulties for skyway-level residents, workers and shop owners, Kehmeier joined forces with fellow skyway denizens to launch Friends of the Skyway in January.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 10 May 2026
  • One of the owners told officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission that 31 other sloths, from Guyana and Peru, had died — either on the way to the attraction or after arriving and being stored over cold nights in a building with no heat or running water.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2026
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“Landowners.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/landowners. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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