landholder

See also: land-holder

English

Alternative forms

• land-holder (dated)

Etymology

From land +‎ holder.

Noun

landholder (plural landholders)

1. A person who owns land.

   Synonym: landowner

   Hyponyms: farm holder, smallholder, dwarf-holder

   • 2011, Jonathan White, Terrorism and Homeland Security:

     India's agrarian system is based on large wealthy landholders and unlanded peasants, formerly of the lower caste, who are alienated from the current economic structure.

Related terms

• landhold
• landholding
• smallholding

 

Translations

person who owns land

Finnish: maanomistaja (fi)