Definition of "unlanded"

Each obedientiary held his own rural estates as well as properties in the city and was supported by various unlanded officials.

2004, Richard Goddard, Lordship and Medieval Urbanisation: Coventry, 1043-1355, page 95

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.

2011, Jonathan White, Terrorism and Homeland Security