landowning
- noun
- /ˈlændˌoʊnɪŋ/
:
clase terrateniente
- At this time only rich landowning men could vote and many believed that this was unfair.
- landowning class
- landowning family
- landowning groups
Examples
-
The terms and conditions of land transfers from Puerto Rico's landowning classes have not been examined in any detail.
Academic text (2002) -
Many families in the area belong to the landowning elite, which gives them considerable influence.
-
In certain parts of the country, notably Azarbayjan and Isfahan, the religious classes have continued to form an important element in the landowning class.
Academic text (1993) -
Thus, Martha Dorsett Moulsworth was a descendant of the landowning classes, a woman with a claim to the gentry in her own right.
Fiction book (1996) -
An important reason for Chilean exceptionality was the fact that, unlike in other cases, Chile's business and landowning elites supported the military government to the end.
Academic text (1992) -
His status as a landowning taxpayer qualified him to vote in the July Monarchy; for a time, the senior Courbet held the venerable position of a local official.
Academic text (2004) -
While some of their estates were scattered throughout a number of counties, others preferred to accumulate properties within a narrow geographical area, affording prominence to their landowning status.
Academic text (2010) -
Yucatecan Socialists rejected the use and abuse of alcohol as part of a larger attempt to fashion genuine alternatives to the values and social institutions of the dominant pre-revolutionary landowning class and the Catholic Church.
Academic text (2002) -
The landowning class played a significant role in shaping the region's economic policies.
-
His investment in local farms cemented his status within the landowning community.
Synonyms
2
9.3
People who own land and live on rent from it
1
5.1
An area of land that someone owns, like a farm or property
1
7.4
Having land or other valuable things that give a person income
1
4.7
The legal right to have land and the duties and benefits that come with it
A person who has land or buildings that bring most of their money
Antonyms
How Wealthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Landowning as a noun comes from the same parts land ('ground, property') and own ('to have'), and it can mean the condition of owning land or the group of people who own it. That's why landowning often refers to a powerful or wealthy class built on property.