landholder

See also: land-holder

English

Alternative forms

• land-holder (dated)

Etymology

land +‎ holder

Noun

landholder (plural landholders)

1. A person who owns land.
   • 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.

Synonyms

• landowner

Translations

person who owns land

• Finnish: maanomistaja (fi)