landowner

noun

land·​own·​er ˈland-ˌō-nər How to pronounce landowner (audio)
: an owner of land
landownership noun
landowning adjective or noun

Examples of landowner in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Taylor’s grandfather had been born into slavery, and yet he and Taylor’s father became highly successful and influential entrepreneurs and landowners despite Texas’ strict color line. Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2024 More cities are also adopting stormwater fees, charging landowners based on the amount of impervious surfaces on a property, thus encouraging them to open up more ground. Matt Simon, WIRED, 29 Feb. 2024 In August, William Stamey Jr. of Whitesburg, Tennessee, pointed a gun at a landowner who caught him and an accomplice spotlighting and shooting deer on McKinney Chapel Road in Rogersville. Katie Hill, Outdoor Life, 29 Feb. 2024 The team thinks the deceased may have been wealthy landowners. Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024 But a pandemic-era luxury real estate boom, which pushed housing prices ever higher, has heightened tensions between Hawaiians and wealthy out-of-state landowners, even leading to a controversial bill introduced last week that would ban non-Americans from purchasing land in Hawaii. Phoebe Liu, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024 Based on the tombs and the treasures within, the deceased were likely wealthy landowners or high-ranking residents, the museum said. Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 12 Feb. 2024 Oftentimes, after getting rejected, the developer goes back to the landowner and asks for a better price to buy the property to make their numbers work, because it was overvalued at the start. Christine Wen, The Conversation, 15 Feb. 2024 Once sold, Needham will split the finder’s fee with the landowner. Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024

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Word History

First Known Use

circa 1733, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of landowner was circa 1733

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“Landowner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landowner. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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landowner

noun
land·​own·​er ˈlan-ˌdō-nər How to pronounce landowner (audio)
: an owner of land
landowning adjective
landownership noun
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