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LANDL-ayd-ee/ˈlændleɪdi/

A landlady is a woman who rents out a house or flat, or who runs a pub: the landlady’s inventory; a pub landlady. Landlord is the male or generic twin (already in the dictionary). She required a UK guarantor. Mix-up: landlady is not a female landowner of farmland (that is landowner). Do not assume the landlady lives on site.

Meaning

A woman who owns a house or flat and rents it out, or who runs a pub.

Examples

• “The landlady required a UK guarantor before the first term’s rent.”
• “The pub landlady refused ID-less sixth-formers, which is the licensed-premises sense.”

Good to know

a landlady; the landlady’s + noun. Twin: landlord. Contrast: landowner (farm/estate). Housing and citizenship. Rent or a pub, not a farm title.

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