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landholder

/land-hohl-der/US // ˈlændˌhoʊl dər //

土地持有人,土地持有者,土地所有者,地主

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a holder, owner, or occupant of land.

Examples

  • The acts to prevent the landholder from oppressing the occupier, and those for the encouragement of tillage, failed.

  • But at present, what could the richest landholder do, against one regiment of disciplined troops?

  • No landholder should retain more than five hundred jugera for himself and two hundred and fifty for each of his sons.

  • He was a superb specimen of a Virginia landholder, being a giant in frame, and having the strength of three strong men.

  • No wonder Washington was spoken of as "perhaps the greatest landholder in America."