Landed
['lændɪd]
Definition
(adj.) owning or consisting of land or real estate; 'the landed gentry'; 'landed property' .
Editor: Noreen--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Land
(a.) Having an estate in land.
(a.) Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed property; landed security.
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Examples
- Early on the morning of 30th of April McClernand's corps and one division of McPherson's corps were speedily landed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Soon the entire party had landed where stood Professor Porter, Mr. Philander and the weeping Esmeralda. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- No one could have been in direr poverty than he when the steamboat landed him in New York in 1869. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The beginning was when he landed troops on this continent. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The little company were landed on the shore. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I happened to say, I thought it was a pity they had not been landed in Pennsylvania, as in that country almost every farmer had his wagon. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- He landed me on the pavement. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Having made her final effort on Lily's behalf, and landed her safely in Mme. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- We landed in front of a cornfield. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The rent of a very moderate landed estate might be fully sufficient for defraying all the other necessary expenses of government. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I landed at precisely the same spot where St. Paul landed, and so did Dan and the others. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- After a time the rope slacked, and a gentle vibration stealing up it showed that Gurt had landed safely. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He had undoubtedly let himself down by the ivy, for we could see the marks of his feet where he had landed on the lawn. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Do you talk in that familiar manner of one of the landed gentry of England? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- We landed at Philadelphia the 11th of October, where I found sundry alterations. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- There were some small clearings between Belmont and the point where we landed, but most of the country was covered with the native forests. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The voyagers passed on for seven days beyond the Gambia, and landed at last upon some island. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- A heavy rain made this mode of travelling now incommodious; so we embarked in a steam-packet, and after a short passage landed at Portsmouth. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Betsey funded her property for some time, and then, by the advice of her man of business, laid it out on landed security. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- In due time this happy party landed at the quays of Rotterdam, whence they were transported by another steamer to the city of Cologne. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- An Allied force landed at Salonika in Greece, and pushed inland towards Monastir, but was unable to render any effectual assistance to the Serbians. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here a few boats were landed, the troops debarked, and a rush was made upon the picket guard known to be at that point. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- We landed late in the afternoon, and I arrived in London the same night. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- His artillery was all landed on that day, the 14th. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- So much for the landed property, and for the disposal of the income from it, on the occasion of Miss Fairlie's marriage. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Each year they landed, and sowed and harvested a crop of wheat before going on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It wouldn't have done any good, because it is solely for the treasure that they killed their officers and landed us upon this awful shore. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- The party had landed and was standing on the sward as the awful horde came in sight. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Must he tax the landed interest to assist our commercial population? Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No one has landed or come up from the building for the past hour. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
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