landlord

English

Etymology

From Middle English londlord, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land +‎ lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lɔːd/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lɔɹd/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

1. A person that leases real property; a lessor.

   Synonyms: lessor, lease provider, (informal) leaser

   Antonyms: tenant, lessee

   Hyponyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, (informal) subleaser, underleaser

   • 1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:

     Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
     Then to haue this difference in degrees:
     The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.
     So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]

2. (chiefly British) The owner or manager of a public house.
3. (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
   • 2004, Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for, Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast‎^[1]:

     the lurking presence of “The Landlord”

Synonyms

• (person who rents something): lessor
• (owner or manager of a public house): publican

Derived terms

• head landlord
• landlordism
• landlordless
• social landlord
• sub-landlord
• superior landlord

 

Related terms

• landlady

Translations

person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo

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• Arabic:

  Moroccan Arabic: مول الدار m (mūl ed-dār)

• Armenian: տանտեր (hy) (tanter)
• Belarusian: гаспада́р (be) m (haspadár), дамаўла́снiк m (damaŭlásnik)
• Bulgarian: хазя́ин (bg) m (hazjáin), ханджи́я m (handžíja), хаза́ин m (hazáin)
• Catalan: amo (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 房東／房东 (zh) (fángdōng), 東家／东家 (zh) (dōngjia), 地主 (zh) (dìzhǔ)

• Czech: pronajímatel (cs) m
• Danish: kromand c, krofatter c, gæstgiver c
• Dutch: huisbaas (nl) m
• Esperanto: termastro
• Faroese: góðseigari m
• Finnish: vuokranantaja (fi), vuokraisäntä
• French: propriétaire (fr) m or f
• Friulian: paron m
• German: Vermieter (de) m, Hauswirt (de) m
• Greek: σπιτονοικοκύρης (el) (spitonoikokýris)
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• Hebrew: בַּעַל בַּיִת (he) m (bá'al báyit)
• Hungarian: háziúr (hu), bérbeadó (hu) sg
• Icelandic: leigusali (is) m
• Indonesian: tuan tanah (id) m
• Irish: tiarna talún m, tiarna talaimh m
• Italian: proprietario (it) m
• Japanese: 家主 (ja) (やぬし, yanushi), 地主 (ja) (じぬし, jinushi), 大家 (ja) (おおや, ōya)
• Korean: 집주인 (jipju'in), 주인(主人) (ko) (ju'in)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مولکدار (mulkdar), خاوەن مولک (xawen mulk)

• Latvian: saimnieks m
• Lezgi: иеси (iesi)
• Macedonian: станодавец m (stanodavec)
• Maltese: sid m, sidt f
• Maori: kairēti
• Nepali: घरपेदि (gharapedi)
• Nivkh: ыс (əs), ызӈ (əzŋ)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utleier m

• Old English: landhlāford m
• Persian: صاحبخانه (fa) (sâhebxâne)
• Polish: właściciel (pl) m (mieszkania), wynajmujący m
• Portuguese: senhorio (pt) m, proprietário (pt) m
• Romanian: gazdă (ro) f
• Russian: (квартиры, дома) хозя́ин (ru) (xozjáin), домовладе́лец (ru) m (domovladélec), арендода́тель (ru) m (arendodátelʹ), владе́лец (ru) m (vladélec)
• Scots: laird
• Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: станода́вац m

  Roman: stanodávac (sh) m

• Spanish: arrendador m, casero (es) m
• Swedish: hyresvärd (sv) c
• Tibetan: ཁང་བདག (khang bdag), ས་བདག (sa bdag)
• Turkish: ev sahibi (tr), mülk sahibi
• Ukrainian: хазя́їн m (xazjájin), домовла́сник m (domovlásnyk)
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• Vietnamese: chủ nhà (vi), địa chủ
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• Welsh: landlord m
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• Zazaki: wayırê keyiwêrê mılki
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owner or manager of a public house

• Czech: hospodský m
• Dutch: herbergier (nl), kastelein (nl) m, kroegbaas (nl) m
• Finnish: omistaja (fi)
• French: patron (fr) m
• Irish: tábhairneoir m, óstóir m
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: مولکدار (mulkdar)

• Scottish Gaelic: fear an taighe m, òstair m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: станода́вац m

  Roman: stanodávac (sh) m

• Welsh: tafarnwr m, tafarnwraig f

See also

• lessor
• rentier
• Rachmanism
• tenant
• Absentee landlord on Wikipedia.Wikipedia