Landlord
['læn(d)lɔːd] or ['lændlɔrd]
Definition
(n.) The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
(n.) The master of an inn or of a lodging house.
Typist: Margery
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Owner, proprietor.[2]. Host, inn-keeper.
Checker: Raffles
Examples
- We did not go very far along the road, for Holmes stopped the instant that the curve hid us from the landlord's view. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- She answered Sergeant Cuff's inquiry for the landlord, by telling him sharply that her master was up-stairs, and was not to be bothered by anybody. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- No doubt he would be, if he could, returned the landlord, but he can't. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Shall I step upstairs, and pitch into the landlord? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the present state of Europe, the share of the landlord seldom exceeds a third, sometimes not a fourth part of the whole produce of the land. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- He's a damned bad landlord. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I was in the bar, and a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The landlord reciprocated the old man's laugh; and returned to his guests. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- I heard the landlord say. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You will excuse my landlord, said the old lady with a dignified air. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- I thought of it then, and superb as the bath was, I was sorry I had taken it, and was about to go and explain to the landlord. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Human food seems to be the only produce of land, which always and necessarily affords some rent to the landlord. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- In this case, though there was no tythe, the rent of the landlord could amount to no more than one-fifth or two-tenths of the whole produce. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The hearty old landlord was trying to look very cheerful and unconcerned, but failing signally in the attempt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The landlord made a strong effort, and at length replied, 'Well, Sir, I do _not_ know you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Landlords and farmers, besides, two of the largest classes of masters, have another reason for being pleased with dear years. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The more prosperous landlords went to England to live, and had their children educated there. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some landlords, instead of raising the rent, take a fine for the renewal of the lease. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Those improvements sometimes contribute, indeed, to the discharge of the other landlords of the district. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- No, I woon't: I'll be dee'd if I'll leather my boy to please you or anybody else, not if you was twenty landlords istid o' one, and that a bad un. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- HE, I promise, did not decline the obsequious invitation of the landlords to alight and refresh himself in the neat country towns. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The nobles and commoners became landlords and gentlemen farmers; it was they who directed the shipbuilding and engaged in trade. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Some landlords, instead of a rent in money, require a rent in kind, in corn, cattle, poultry, wine, oil, etc. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- They are a sort of out-servants of the landlords and farmers. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There are landlords in China who own one or a few farms and rent them to tenants, but there are no great, permanent estates. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- They are quite different from your uncle's tenants or Sir James's--monsters--farmers without landlords--one can't tell how to class them. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Their interest as landlords and farmers would in this case be very deeply affected by such regulations, and their interest as consumers very little. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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