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landed

landed

6.0
Owning a lot of property such as farms or a large estate
  • adjective
  • /ˈlændɪd/
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  • Landed and political elites have opposed environmental protection initiatives because of their intrinsically distributive nature.

Examples

  • The wealthy family owns a large estate and is part of the landed gentry.

  • The landed property was surrounded by beautiful gardens and vast fields.

  • You get to control land, but in return you serve in the army.

  • OK, so you start looking down our our landed cost here during different times.

  • Are you able to sell hay off your land or no, No, eat it all.

  • But I do have the stats for landed on properties.

  • Those who bent the knee would keep their lands and titles.

  • In the country, those who are landed often have more influence in local politics.

Antonyms

landless
2 4.9

A person who does not own any land

Compounds

landed gentry
  • UK
2 9.3

People who own land and live on rent from it

landed estate
7.7

A large area of countryside land owned by one family

How Landed

landed
6.0
landless
2 4.9

Surface Forms

landed positive

Morphology

landed = land (transparent) = land + ed

The adjective is a regular formation from 'land' + '-ed' meaning 'having land' or 'relating to land', which is directly derivable by learners.

Etymology

The word landed comes from the simple word land, meaning 'ground' or 'area', and the ending -ed that means 'having'. So landed means 'having land' or owning property, often used for people who own large areas of land.