landlord
noun
land·lord
ˈland-ˌlȯrd 
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
Examples of landlord in a Sentence
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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Meanwhile, the team behind Rio Theatre, which is also in East Vancouver on Commercial Drive, successfully wrapped talks with the landlord for the Park cinema about putting together a consortium of local and international investors to become the next operator of the historic cinema.
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
This is the main criticism that those who oppose the measures—including many landlords—have brought forward against Mamdani’s idea.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
After he was released from jail, he was arrested again the next day for an altercation with his landlord, and was held in jail as a bail violator.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
In the afternoon, my landlord arrives in a truck straight out of The Road Warrior.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
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Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
This is the main criticism that those who oppose the measures—including many landlords—have brought forward against Mamdani’s idea.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
After he was released from jail, he was arrested again the next day for an altercation with his landlord, and was held in jail as a bail violator.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
In the afternoon, my landlord arrives in a truck straight out of The Road Warrior.
—Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for landlord
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“Landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landlord. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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landlord
noun
land·lord
-ˌ(d)lȯ(ə)rd
1
: the owner of land or houses that is rented to another
2
: a person who runs an inn or rooming house
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