landowner
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land·own·er
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Definition of landowner
: an owner of land
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Other Words from landowner
landownership
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landowning
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Examples of landowner in a Sentence
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He was raised in a family of wealthy landowners who held property in the southern region of Puglia. — Anna Momigliano, BostonGlobe.com, "Ugo Sansonetti, who won track medals into his 90s, dies at 100," 20 Aug. 2019 But a new group of black landowners soon established themselves. — Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, "The Reels Brothers Spent Eight Years in Jail for Refusing to Leave It.," 15 July 2019 The decision was made in Nov. 2017 when a park board primarily made up of traditional landowners vowed to ban climbing of the dramatic rock formation in recognition of its sacredness to Aboriginal people. — Fox News, "Tourists flock to Uluru before ban, straining sacred site," 12 July 2019 Federal regulators rejected the projectâs license in 2016, saying the former owners had not demonstrated sufficient public need for the facility to overcome the impact of landowners affected by the pipeline. — oregonlive.com, "Oregon offers extensive critique of fedâs environmental analysis of Jordan Cove LNG in Coos Bay," 9 July 2019 Farmhands toil dawn to dusk for the equivalent of about $12 a day in the fields of wealthy landowners. — Patrick J. Mcdonnell, latimes.com, "Death at the border: 4 from Guatemala, 3 of them children, succumb to heat in Texas," 8 July 2019 But a congressional committee full of landowners blocked the appointment. — The Economist, "Filipino farmers are fightingâand dyingâfor land to till," 21 June 2019 Led by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the group includes ADFG, the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, the Tyonek Tribal Conservation District and a number of landowners. — Author: Elizabeth Earl, Anchorage Daily News, "Invasive elodea prompts closure of Susitna Valley lakes," 20 June 2019 The colony recently bought nearly 10,000 acres from the traditional council of landownersâcalled the ejidatarioâin a nearby town of Xmaben. — Nina Strochlic, National Geographic, "An unlikely feud between beekeepers and Mennonites simmers in Mexico," 12 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'landowner.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for landowner
landowner
noun
English Language Learners Definition of landowner
: a person who owns land
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landowner
noun
land·own·er
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Kids Definition of landowner
: a person who owns land
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