Words / B2

LAND-ohn-uh/ˈlændəʊnə/

A landowner is a person who owns a large area of land: a private landowner; landowner rights. Landlord rents housing (already elsewhere); farmer may only tenant the land. The enclosure source names the landowner. Mix-up: landscape is scenery (already in the dictionary). Do not call a renter a landowner.

Meaning

A person who owns a large area of land.

Examples

• “The enclosure source names the landowner, not the tenants, as the petitioner.”
• “Access crossed a landowner’s field, which is the rights-of-way sense.”

Good to know

a landowner; landowner rights. Housing twin: landlord. Trap: landscape. History, geography, and citizenship. Owns the land, not the tenancy.

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