landowner

noun

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

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Now the landowner can watch their birdfeeder without fear of a grizzly feeding there, too. Lesley Evans Ogden, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025 Some landowners refused initial payment from the administration and tried to fight the land grabs in court. Zolan Kanno-Youngs, New York Times, 21 May 2025 The reservoir’s critics, a coalition of local landowners, loggers and environmentalists, cast Marvin Nichols as pointless and damaging, a boondoggle putting their livelihoods and businesses at risk to satiate the wasteful consumption of Dallas-Fort Worth businesses and homeowners. Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 May 2025 No landowner has given permission to dump at the site, and the waste consists of construction, household and medical debris. Susanne Rust, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for landowner

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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 3 Jun. 2025.

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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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