A dictionary of epithets and terms of address . Leslie Dunkling . 2015.
landlady — 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… … Law dictionary
landlady — 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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
landlady — 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.… … Financial and business terms
landlady — 1520s, from LAND (Cf. land) (n.) + LADY (Cf. lady) … Etymology dictionary
landlady — ► NOUN 1) a woman who leases land or property. 2) a woman who keeps lodgings, a boarding house, or (Brit. ) a public house … English terms dictionary
landlady — [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 … English World dictionary
landlady — [[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… … English dictionary
landlady */ — 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:… … English dictionary
landlady — noun Landlady is used after these nouns: ↑pub … Collocations dictionary
landlady — I landlady, landlord (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. proprietor, owner; host, innkeeper, boniface; landholder, landowner. See possession. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. proprietress, concierge, innkeeper; see owner … English dictionary for students
