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1landlady — Female of landlord or owner of real property from whom one rents or leases residential or commercial real estate. Category: Real Estate & Rental Property → Renters & Tenants Rights Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen… …
2landlady — land la dy, n.; pl. {landladies}. [Cf. {landlord}.] 1. A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants. [1913 Webster] 2. The mistress of an inn or lodging house. [1913 Webster] …
3landlady — UK US /ˈlændˌleɪdi/ noun [C] (plural landladies) ► PROPERTY a woman who owns a room, building, or piece of land that someone else pays rent to use ► UK COMMERCE a woman who owns or manages a pub, bar, or small hotel → Compare LANDLORD(Cf.… …
4landlady — 1520s, from LAND (Cf. land) (n.) + LADY (Cf. lady) …
5landlady — ► NOUN 1) a woman who leases land or property. 2) a woman who keeps lodgings, a boarding house, or (Brit. ) a public house …
6landlady — [land′lād΄ē] n. pl. landladies [after LANDLORD] 1. a woman who rents or leases land, houses, etc. to others 2. a woman who keeps a rooming house, inn, etc …
7landlady — [[t]læ̱ndleɪdi[/t]] landladies 1) N COUNT Someone s landlady is the woman who allows them to live or work in a building which she owns, in return for rent. We had been made homeless by our landlady. 2) N COUNT The landlady of a pub is the woman… …
8landlady — For the sense development of this word, see Landlord. ‘Landlady’ is rarely used in modern times, though it was common in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, addressed to the hostess of an inn. The polite lieutenant who explains to the… …
9landlady */ — UK [ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪdɪ] / US [ˈlændˌleɪdɪ] noun [countable] Word forms landlady : singular landlady plural landladies 1) a woman who owns a house, flat, or room that people can rent 2) British a woman who owns or manages a pub or a small hotel • See:… …
10landlady — noun Landlady is used after these nouns: ↑pub …