landlord

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. A person that leases real property; a lessor.
  2. (British) The owner or manager of a public house.
  3. (slang, with-definite-article) A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

Teenoorgestelde van
tenant, lessee
Frekwensie

C1
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈlænd.lɔːd/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English londlord, landlorde, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land + lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird, Middle Low German lantlord (“homeowner, landlord”).

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