Definition of Landholder

1. Noun. A holder or proprietor of land.

Exact synonyms: Landowner, Property Owner
Specialized synonyms: Abutter, Franklin, Freeholder, Laird, Landlord, Squire
Generic synonyms: Holder

Definition of Landholder

1. n. A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.

Definition of Landholder

1. Noun. A person who owns land. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Landholder

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Landholder

landform
landforms
landfyrd
landgirl
landgirls
landgrab
landgrabber
landgrabbers
landgrabs
landgrave
landgraves
landgraviate
landgraviates
landgravine
landgravines
landholder (current term)
landholders
landholding
landholdings
landing
landing approach
landing craft
landing deck
landing field
landing flap
landing gear
landing net
landing page
landing pages
landing party

Literary usage of Landholder

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... and sale of the land by public auction, free of all encumbrances, in case of legal default,—the control of a village landholder under a ..."

2. Darkness and Daylight; Or, Lights and Shadows of New York Life: A Woman's by Helen Campbell, Thomas Wallace Knox, Thomas Byrnes (1892)
"landholder; His Home Blasted from under him — Making the Most of a Little — The Living among the Dead — The Animals of Shantytown— Dogs and Goats as ..."

3. The Records of the Federal Convention of 1787 by United States Constitutional Convention, Max Farrand (1911)
"[GERRY:] REPLY TO A landholder, II.1 In a late address to the honorable Luther Martin, Esquire, the landholder has asserted, that Mr. Gerry "uniformly ..."

4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1831)
"By a Freeholder and landholder of Scotland. 8vo. pp. 68. Edinburgh : Tait. London: Ridgway. 1831. 5. Letter I., to Lord Viscount Althorp, on the Ruinous ..."

5. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1839)
"... the odious distinction prevailing throughout our jurisprudence in favor of the landholder, whose rights, remedies, and liabilities, should be governed ..."

6. The Agrarian Problem in the Sixteenth Century by Richard Henry Tawney (1912)
"PART I THE SMALL landholder " What comyn folke in all this world may compare with the comyns of England in riches, freedom, liberty, welfare, ..."

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