landowner
Example Sentences
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One man’s biographical note stands out: that of Sheikh Sarkar, the patriarch of a clan that provides the “hereditary muscle” for a family of Punjabi landowners.
In mobile home parks, tenants lease their spaces from the landowners but own the homes placed on the land.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr Derby's next massive discovery came when the same landowner offered him another field to survey.
From BBC
Like other landowners in the area, it has been allowed to pump unlimited amounts from the aquifer, even as water levels have declined.
From Los Angeles Times
Without meaningful simplifications for low-risk countries like the U.S., the regulation will punish the people the Europeans claim they want to protect—indigenous communities, stewards of the land, and small landowners.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
