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plural landlords
A person that leases real property; a lessor. quotations examples
Brethren, brethren, it were better to haue this communitie,Then to haue this difference in degrees:The landlord his rent, the lawyer his fees.So quickly the poore mans ſubſtance is ſpent […]
1593, anonymous author, The Life and Death of Iacke Straw […], Act I
(chiefly Britain) The owner or manager of a public house. examples
(surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided. quotations
the lurking presence of “The Landlord”
2004, Drew Kampion, publisher's blurb for, Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast