landlord Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a landowner who leases to others

WordNet

Land"lord` noun
Etymology
See Land, and Lord.
Definitions
  1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
  2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house.
    Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. Addison.

Webster 1913