landlady
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2.1
- noun
- /ˈlændˌleɪdi/
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propietaria
- The landlady welcomed her new tenants with a warm smile and a tour of the apartment.
He wakes up, he goes downstairs, he kisses the landlady full on the lips.
- He wakes up, he goes downstairs, he kisses the landlady full on the lips.
- And then I ended up buying a couple of homes and I'm now a landlady casual.
- And he has a doctor friend who's been in a war and he's got a landlady and he starts publishing these things through Arkham House.
- It would stimulate the economy, for instance, through a promoting A landlady industry and so on.
Examples
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Think of the inconvenience to your landlady.
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The relationship between the old landlady and the middle-aged boarder seems to be very harmonious.
Academic text (2003) -
"You want to know what my landlady said about you, Bob?"
Fiction book (1996) -
Instead, she asked, "Do you really think the landlady would hurt the cat if you let her catch it?"
Fiction book (1995) -
We almost have enough to pay off the landlady.
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The younger brother fell in love with the landlady of his boarding house.
Fiction book (1996) -
In Madrid, the landlady in my pension was German, maybe our age.
Fiction book (1993) -
What was the landlady's name?
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Sweeping the room out, the landlady had discovered drawings of an odd contraption under the mattress.
Fiction book (1993) -
I survived on upma brought to my room by my kindly landlady, Mrs. Rawal.
Fiction book (1992)
Synonyms
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2.2
A person or company that owns homes and rents them to tenants
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3.5
A person who owns land or a building and is responsible for its care
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4.1
A person who owns property like a farm or house
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Landlady is a simple compound of land (meaning 'ground or property') and lady (originally 'a woman who runs a household'), so a landlady is a woman who owns or looks after a house or rooms and rents them to others.