English word landlord comes from English lord, English land
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| lord | English (en) | (intransitive, and, transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.. (transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord. (British, Australian, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.. (British, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.. (archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.. (archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other [...] |
| land | English (en) | (Irish English, colloquial) A fright.. (agriculture) The ground left unploughed between furrows; any of several portions into which a field is divided for ploughing.. (ballistics) The space between the rifling grooves in a gun.. (electronics) A conducting area on a board or chip which can be used for connecting wires.. (nautical) The lap of the strakes in a clinker-built boat; the lap of [...] |
| landlord | English (en) | (chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.. (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.. A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo. |