lackland

English

Etymology

lack +‎ land

Noun

lackland (plural lacklands)

  1. (dated) A person who does not own land.
    • 1802 November 6, Robert Southey, Letter to To Grosvenor C. Bedford, Esq.; republished in Warter, John Wood, editor, Selections from the letters of Robert Southey‎, volume 3, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856, page 212:
      Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it.
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