landowning
3.8
Having land and often wealth or high social status
- adjective
- /ˈlændˌoʊnɪŋ/
:
propietario de tierras
- In the countryside, many landowning families have lived for generations.
Examples
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The debate focused on the rights of landowning citizens in the new policy.
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Her landowning background gave her a strong sense of community responsibility.
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But just like landowning people are random.
Synonyms
1
7.4
Having land or other valuable things that give a person income
focuses on ownership as a defining trait rather than wealth implication
landed
vslandowning
6.0
Owning a lot of property such as farms or a large estate
is about ownership as a defining social characteristic rather than area size
property-owning
vslandowning
5.1
A person who has land or buildings that bring most of their money
emphasises ownership as identity or status rather than as income
Antonyms
How Much Land
Surface Forms
landowning positive
Morphology
Etymology
Landowning is made from land ('ground, property') and own ('to have'). So landowning as an adjective describes people or families who 'have' land, which often gave them money and social power.