Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
a landowner who leases to others;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Landlord \Land"lord`\, n. [See Land, and Lord.]
1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or
houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
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2. The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; as,
the landlord collects the rents on the first of the month.
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Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched
out the jolly landlord. --Addison.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
landlord
n 1: a landowner who leases to others