landholder

See also: land-holder

English

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Etymology

land +‎ holder

Noun

landholder (plural landholders)

  1. A person who owns land.
    Synonym: landowner
    Hyponyms: farm holder, smallholder, dwarf-holder
    • 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.

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