landowner

/ˌlænˈdoʊnər/

/ˈlændəʊnə/

Other forms: landowners

A landowner is someone who possesses many acres. Once you achieve your dream of buying a vast blueberry farm in Maine, you'll be a landowner too.

The word landowner couldn't be more clear: it's someone who owns land. The term is often used for people who have a lot of it, so you might read a news story about a bill that would raise taxes on wealthy landowners, for example. But it's also a blanket term for anyone who owns property: "The city sent letters to all the landowners who will be affected by the construction project."

Definitions of landowner

1. noun

   a holder or proprietor of land
   synonyms: landholder, property owner, proprietor

   types:

   abutter

   the owner of contiguous property

   franklin

   a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth

   freeholder

   the owner of a freehold

   laird

   a landowner

   landlord

   a landowner who leases to others

   squire

   an English country landowner

   landlady

   a landlord who is a woman

   yeoman

   a free man who cultivates his own land

   type of:

   holder

   a person who holds something