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== English == === Etymology === From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land +‎ lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”). === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlænd.lɔːd/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/ === Noun === landlord (plural landlords) A person that leases real property; a lessor. Synonyms: lessor, lease provider, leaser (informal) Antonyms: tenant, lessee Hyponyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, (informal) subleaser, underleaser Coordinate term: landlady (a female landlord) (chiefly British) The owner or manager of a public house. Synonym: publican (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === landlord (third-person singular simple present landlords, present participle landlording, simple past and past participle landlorded) (transitive, rare) To lease real property; to act as a lessor. ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== lessor rentier Rachmanism tenant Absentee landlord on Wikipedia.Wikipedia