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landlady

land·la·dy
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [land-ley-dee]
    • /ˈlændˌleɪ di/
    • /ˈlændˌleɪ.di/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [land-ley-dee]
    • /ˈlændˌleɪ di/

Definitions of landlady word

  • noun plural landlady a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others. 1
  • noun plural landlady a woman who owns or runs an inn, rooming house, or boardinghouse. 1
  • noun landlady A woman who rents land, a building, or an apartment to a tenant. 1
  • noun landlady woman who rents out property 1
  • noun landlady woman who runs a pub 1
  • countable noun landlady Someone's landlady is the woman who allows them to live or work in a building which she owns, in return for rent. 0

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Origin of landlady

First appearance:

before 1530
One of the 29% oldest English words
First recorded in 1530-40; land + lady

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Parts of speech for Landlady

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

landlady popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 81% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

landlady usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for landlady

noun landlady

  • householder — a person who holds title to or occupies a house.
  • feudatory — a person who holds lands by feudal tenure; a feudal vassal.
  • mesne — intermediate or intervening.
  • mesne lord — (in old English law) an intermediate feudal lord; the tenant of a chief lord and a lord to his own tenants.
  • owner — a person who owns; possessor; proprietor.

Antonyms for landlady

noun landlady

  • lessee — a person, group, etc., to whom a lease is granted.
  • seller — a person who sells; salesperson or vender.
  • tenant — a person or group that rents and occupies land, a house, an office, or the like, from another for a period of time; lessee.

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