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PROPERTY OWNER

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A holder or proprietor of land

Synonyms:

landholder; landowner; property owner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("property owner" is a kind of...):

holder (a person who holds something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "property owner"):

abutter (the owner of contiguous property)

franklin (a landowner (14th and 15th centuries) who was free but not of noble birth)

freeholder (the owner of a freehold)

laird (a landowner)

landlord (a landowner who leases to others)

squire (an English country landowner)

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