landlord
noun
land·lord
ˈland-ˌlȯrd 
1
: the owner of property (such as land, houses, or apartments) that is leased or rented to another
2
: the master of an inn or lodging house : innkeeper
Examples of landlord in a Sentence
agreed to pay the landlord the rent on the first Monday of each month
a weekend workshop that is intended to disabuse would-be landlords of a bed-and breakfast that the job is one long vacation
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No other landlord would rent to her.
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Anna Schecter, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Other tenants in the building had their own suspicions that the landlord was up to something.
—Olivia Bensimon, Curbed, 17 June 2026
According to a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former county social worker, Dennis Finn, both the victims’ grandmother and Hickman’s landlord had called a county hotline and said the woman was acting erratically in the days before the girls’ deaths.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
At first, Walsh said, the landlords expressed willingness to continue the COVID-era deal in drafting a new lease for the company.
—Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
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Anna Schecter, CBS News, 17 June 2026
Other tenants in the building had their own suspicions that the landlord was up to something.
—Olivia Bensimon, Curbed, 17 June 2026
According to a whistleblower lawsuit filed by a former county social worker, Dennis Finn, both the victims’ grandmother and Hickman’s landlord had called a county hotline and said the woman was acting erratically in the days before the girls’ deaths.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
At first, Walsh said, the landlords expressed willingness to continue the COVID-era deal in drafting a new lease for the company.
—Ryan P. C. Trimble, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for landlord
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“Landlord.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landlord. Accessed 19 Jun. 2026.
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landlord
noun
land·lord
-ˌ(d)lȯ(ə)rd
1
: the owner of land or houses that is rented to another
2
: a person who runs an inn or rooming house
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