landowner

noun

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

Examples of landowner in a Sentence

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Sixty miles south of the North Carolina border, a South Carolina state worker six years ago posted a notice announcing that a landowner wanted to build 18 chicken barns near that spot in Mountville. Gavin Off, Charlotte Observer, 26 Jan. 2025 But no landowners have been compensated yet as habitat assessments are still being conducted. Natalia Jaramillo, Orlando Sentinel, 24 Jan. 2025 Far to the north, almost six years after Lopez’s strike, on Jan. 24, 1848, a carpenter named John Marshall was partnering with a landowner named John Sutter to build a sawmill on a branch of the American River. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2025 Any permanent expansion onto the other side of Birch Road, however, would require buying or long-term leasing from landowners. Charlotte Harpur, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for landowner 

Word History

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 1 Feb. 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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