landlord

English

Etymology

From Middle English londlord, from Old English landhlāford, equivalent to land +‎ lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lɔːd/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈlænd.lɔɹd/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

A person that leases real property; a lessor.
Synonyms: lessor, lease provider, (informal) leaser
Antonyms: tenant, lessee
Hyponyms: sublessor, underlessor, sublandlord, underlandlord, subletter, underletter, (informal) subleaser, underleaser
- 1593, anonymous, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I:
  Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,
  Then to haue this difference in degrees:
  The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.
  So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]
(chiefly Britain) The owner or manager of a public house.
(surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
- 2004, Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast
  : the lurking presence of “The Landlord”

Synonyms

(person who rents something): lessor
(owner or manager of a public house): publican

Derived terms

landlordism
landlordless

Related terms

landlady

Translations

person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo

Arabic:
Moroccan Arabic: مول الدار‎ m (mūl ed-dār)
Armenian: տանտեր (hy) (tanter)
Belarusian: гаспада́р (be) m (haspadár), дамаўла́снiк m (damaŭlásnik)
Bulgarian: хазя́ин (bg) m (hazjáin), ханджи́я m (handžíja), хаза́ин m (hazáin)
Catalan: amo (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 房東／房东 (zh) (fángdōng), 東家／东家 (zh) (dōngjia), 地主 (zh) (dìzhǔ)
Czech: pronajímatel (cs) m
Danish: kromand c, krofatter c, gæstgiver c
Dutch: huisbaas (nl) m
Esperanto: termastro
Finnish: vuokranantaja (fi), vuokraisäntä
French: propriétaire (fr) m or f
Friulian: paron m
German: Vermieter (de) m, Hauswirt (de) m
Greek: σπιτονοικοκύρης (el) (spitonoikokýris)
Hungarian: háziúr (hu)
Icelandic: leigusali (is) m
Indonesian: tuan tanah (id) m
Irish: tiarna talún m, tiarna talaimh m
Italian: proprietario (it) m
Japanese: 家主 (やぬし, yanushi), 地主 (ja) (じぬし, jinushi), 大家 (ja) (おおや, ōya)
Korean: 집주인 (jipju'in), 주인(主人) (ko) (ju'in)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مولکدار‎ (mulkdar), خاوەن مولک‎ (xawen mulk)
Latvian: saimnieks m
Lezgi: иеси (iesi)
Macedonian: станодавец m (stanodavec)
Maltese: sid m, sidt f
Maori: kairēti
Nepali: घरपेदि (gharapedi)
Nivkh: ыс (əs), ызӈ (əzŋ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utleier m
Old English: landhlāford m
Persian: صاحبخانه‎ (fa) (sâhebxâne)
Polish: właściciel (pl) m (mieszkania), wynajmujący m
Portuguese: senhorio (pt) m, proprietário (pt) m
Romanian: gazdă (ro) f
Russian: (квартиры, дома) хозя́ин (ru) (xozjáin), домовладе́лец (ru) m (domovladélec), арендода́тель (ru) m (arendodátelʹ), владе́лец (ru) m (vladélec)
Scots: laird
Scottish Gaelic: uachdaran m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: станода́вац m
Roman: stanodávac (sh) m
Spanish: arrendador m, casero (es) m
Swedish: hyresvärd (sv) c
Tibetan: ཁང་བདག (khang bdag), ས་བདག (sa bdag)
Turkish: ev sahibi (tr), mülk sahibi
Ukrainian: хазя́їн m (xazjájin), домовла́сник m (domovlásnyk)
Welsh: landlord m

owner or manager of a public house

Czech: hospodský m
Dutch: herbergier (nl), kastelein (nl) m, kroegbaas (nl) m
Finnish: omistaja (fi)
French: patron (fr) m
Irish: tábhairneoir m, óstóir m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: مولکدار‎ (mulkdar)
Scottish Gaelic: fear an taighe m, òstair m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: станода́вац m
Roman: stanodávac (sh) m
Welsh: tafarnwr m, tafarnwraig f