landlord English · revision 15219

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=before 1000}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈlænd.lɔːd/ ''(UK)''; /ˈlæn(d).lɔɹd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|en|land|lord]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A lord or owner of land: before 1000 in the OED;^(OED 1989) Etymonline has lond-lord, lord of a manor from whom land is held for rent or service, in the early 15th century, and as a surname in the late 13th.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense widened over time to any owner of a building, anyone to whom a tenant pays rent.^(Etymonline) The master of an inn is from before 1674,^(OED 1989) and a host in private, chiefly Scots, from 1725.^(OED 1989) Landlordism is a 19th-century word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * before 1000 – a landowner.^(OED 1989)

+ * late 13th century – as a surname.^(Etymonline)

+ * before 1674 – an innkeeper.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1725 – a host (Scots).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who owns land or buildings and rents them to [[tenant|alt=tenants]].^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A man who keeps an [[inn]], [[pub]] or lodging house.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(British, archaic)'' The lord of an estate.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[landlordly]]

+ * [[landlordry]]

+ * [[landlordship]]

+ * [[slumlord]]

+ * [[landlordism]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[land]]

+ * [[lord]]

+ * [[landlady]]

+ * [[landowner]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}