landholder

noun

land·​hold·​er ˈland-ˌhōl-dər How to pronounce landholder (audio)
: a holder or owner of land

Examples of landholder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web An analysis published in December looked at combinations of incentives for landholders to see how all three priorities could be maximized. Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2024 Some landholders and corporations are getting very rich. Alexander Sammon, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023 The wrongful death complaint, filed Monday in state Second Circuit Court, is the first against the state and the landholder, Bishop Estate, related to the Aug. 8 inferno, which killed 115 people, left more than 300 missing and destroyed the historic town of Lahaina. Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 5 Sep. 2023 Many Black farmers often work land that has been passed down over generations via inheritance, but without a clear title, leaving the landholders unable in many instances to qualify for government assistance, equipment financing or agriculture programs. Brian Steinberg, Variety, 13 June 2023 This appealed to Benedict, who was one of the first landholders in Pennsylvania to sign up to the program. Marcello Rossi, Discover Magazine, 10 May 2023 Private ranchers are by far the biggest landholders of the Central Valley’s remaining vernal pools. Christopher Intagliata, Scientific American, 8 May 2023 Central Romana, which is the largest landholder and employer in the Dominican Republic, exports more than 200 million pounds of sugar to the United States each year. Ana Swanson, New York Times, 23 Nov. 2022 Nor did Stuart Wyliie, president and CEO of Graham Cos., a large landholder that plans its own mixed-use development directly to the south of American Dream Miami, with 2,000 apartment units targeted to mall employees. Ron Hurtibise, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Sep. 2021

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Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of landholder was in the 15th century

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“Landholder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/landholder. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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