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BNC: 2447 COCA: 6724

landlord

landlord /ˈlændˌloɚd/ noun
plural landlords
landlord
/ˈlændˌloɚd/
noun
plural landlords
Learner's definition of LANDLORD
[count]
: a person who owns a house, apartment, etc., and rents it to other people房东 see also absentee landlord
: a man who runs an inn, pub, or rooming house(客栈、酒吧或出租公寓的)店主,老板 compare landlady
BNC: 2447 COCA: 6724

landlord

noun

land·​lord ˈland-ˌlȯrd How to pronounce landlord (audio)
1
: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another
2
: the master of an inn or lodging house : innkeeper

Synonyms

Example Sentences

agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation
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Word History

First Known Use

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of landlord was before the 12th century
BNC: 2447 COCA: 6724
landlord

noun¹

1sb who lets a house/room房東ADJECTIVEprivate私房房東local (especially NAmE) 當地房東unscrupulous (especially BrE) 不講道德的房東absentee外居房主The house has an absentee landlord, who visits the property once a year.這房子的房主不在這兒住,只是一年來查看一次房產。
landlord

noun²

2 (BrE) man who owns/runs a pub酒吧店主ADJECTIVE | LANDLORD + VERB ADJECTIVEpub酒吧老闆He left the army and became a pub landlord.他離開軍隊,做了酒吧老闆。LANDLORD + VERBserve sb酒吧店主為某人服務The landlord came over to serve me.店主走過來接待我。

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