landlord
(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.
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Born ~1400 · 1 year of recorded useSeen in the wild
Rude mortal landlord evicts harmless deific tenant from his body and chaos ensues
Got myself all psyched up to meet the new landlord of my lock-up garage this morning and she goes and cancels on me... 😅
Most landlords are still turning a profit, according to the latest Landlord Trends research from Foundation. https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/84-of-landlords-are-still-turning-a-profit-foundation/
An Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a group of Motherwell tenants who claimed their homes were built on contaminated land and that their landlord, Lanarkshire Housing…
A boarder tried to sell West Coast land while his landlord, the property owner, lay buried under concrete with a skull fracture, a coroner has found.
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(chiefly, British) The owner or manager of a public house.
“Rude mortal landlord evicts harmless deific tenant from his body and chaos ensues”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Got myself all psyched up to meet the new landlord of my lock-up garage this morning and she goes and cancels on me... 😅”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Most landlords are still turning a profit, according to the latest Landlord Trends research from Foundation. https://www.mortgagestrategy.co.uk/news/84-of-landlords-are-still-turning-a-profit-foundation/”
— Bluesky· May 2026“An Extra Division of the Inner House of the Court of Session has refused an appeal by a group of Motherwell tenants who claimed their homes were built on contaminated land and that their landlord, Lanarkshire Housing Association, should pay damages for breaching its legal duties.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Most of my income goes to my landlord, so they can have nice nights out on my card.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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A person that leases real property; a lessor.
Landlord means: A person that leases real property; a lessor.. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than risky behaviour. If your teen uses it, context will usually make the intent clear. A short, curious question about where they heard it is usually all that is needed to know whether to follow up.
landlord means: A person that leases real property; a lessor.. Register: neutral, standard English. A common learner mistake is using the word in a register it does not fit, or assuming a single global meaning; native speakers immediately notice when slang appears in formal contexts, so always check the surrounding register before producing it yourself. A formal-English equivalent (a synonym or descriptive phrase) is usually safer in writing. When in doubt, paraphrase rather than reuse the slang form.
“A boarder tried to sell West Coast land while his landlord, the property owner, lay buried under concrete with a skull fracture, a coroner has found.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Vintage postcards help genealogists all the time - even little things like who the landlord of the Stone Cross Inn, West Bromwich, was in 1905.... thanks to this postcard we know it was Frank Fox! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/12784759...”
— Bluesky· May 2026“Landlord's office burgled; rent checks stolen; new wave of ID theft anticipated.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“- My building’s pool when it opens. - Tending to my landlord’s tomatoes on my garden plot (I get dibs on the harvest) - Maybe going for a jog outside once my congestion calms down. - Observing people at a nearby festival. Outside has always been local to me.”
— Bluesky· May 2026“A Massachusetts appeals court is diving deep into a contentious battle between a tenant and landlord over unpaid grease-trap charges and COVID-related defenses—who will come out on top? Get the details! #MA #CitizenPortal #TenantRights #COVIDRelief #LeaseDisputes”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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(surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
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