landlady
Americannoun
plural
landladies-
a woman who owns and leases an apartment, house, land, etc., to others.
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a woman who owns or runs an inn, rooming house, or boardinghouse.
noun
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a woman who owns and leases property
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a landlord's wife
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a woman who owns or runs a lodging house, pub, etc
Etymology
Origin of landlady
Example Sentences
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He said Martin and Wadley had "become friends very slowly" after his release from prison when she was the landlady of the Hare and Hounds pub in Wisbech.
From BBC
"It's not just people in the music industry, this was also happening to barmaids, pub landladies and people's mums," she said.
From BBC
And studying our landlady’s heavy jowls and sausage-like fingers, I suddenly saw how I could help.
From Literature
Lindsay, 52, best known for playing the Rovers Return landlady Shelley Unwin on the ITV soap set in Greater Manchester, said she was "extremely honoured", and dedicated the award to working class actors.
From BBC
Ms. Ypi tells us that the two had been close enough for her grandfather to once offer to settle the penniless Hoxha’s debts with his Parisian landlady.
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