land·la·dy

(lănd′lā′dē)

1. A woman who owns and rents land, buildings, or dwelling units.

2. A woman who runs a rooming house or an inn; an innkeeper.

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landlady

(ˈlændˌleɪdɪ)

n, pl -dies

1. (Professions) a woman who owns and leases property

2. a landlord's wife

3. (Professions) a woman who owns or runs a lodging house, pub, etc

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land•la•dy

(ˈlændˌleɪ di)

n., pl. -dies.

1. a woman who owns and leases apartments, houses, land, etc., to others.

2. a woman who owns or runs an inn, rooming house, or boardinghouse.

[1530–40]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

landlady - a landlord who is a woman

landlord - a landowner who leases to others

landlady

noun

1. owner, landowner, proprietor, freeholder, lessor, landholder We had been made homeless by our landlady.

2. inkeeper, host, hostess, hotelier, hotel-keeper Bet, the landlady of the Rovers' Return

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Translations

مَالِكَةُ الأَرْضُ

bytná

værtinde

Landbesitzer Vermieterin

σπιτονοικοκυρά

casera

vuokraemäntä

aubergiste propriétaire

gazdarica

padrona di casa affittacamere albergatrice

女家主

여주인

hospita

husvertinne

właścicielka mieszkania

proprietária senhoria

домовладелица хозяйка

hostinskápani domáca

gostilničarkastanodajalka

värdinna

เจ้าของบ้านหญิง

ev sahibesi

bà chủ nhà

女房东

landlady

[ˈlændˌleɪdɪ] N [of flat] → casera f, dueña f (Brit) [of boarding house] → patrona f (Brit) [of pub] (= owner) → dueña f, patrona f; (= manager) → encargada f, jefa f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

landlady

[ˈlændleɪdi] n

[house] → propriétaire f, logeuse f
my landlady → ma propriétaire

[pub] → patronne f

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landlady

[ˈlændˌleɪdɪ] n (of flat, house) → padrona di casa; (of pub) → proprietaria

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

landlady

→ مَالِكَةُ الأَرْضُ bytná værtinde Vermieterin σπιτονοικοκυρά casera vuokraemäntä propriétaire gazdarica padrona di casa 女家主 여주인 hospita husvertinne właścicielka mieszkania proprietária, senhoria домовладелица värdinna เจ้าของบ้านหญิง ev sahibesi bà chủ nhà 女房东

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I pleaded for a walk on the sands; and the landlady at our lodgings, who happened to be in the room at the time, volunteered to accompany me and take care of me.

In half an hour more the landlady and I were out on the beach.

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Two were playing dominoes at one of the little tables; three or four were seated round the stove, conversing as they smoked; the billiard-table in the centre was left alone for the time; the landlady of the Daybreak sat behind her little counter among her cloudy bottles of syrups, baskets of cakes, and leaden drainage for glasses, working at her needle.

As he raised his head from stooping to do so, he found the landlady beside him.

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Containing the great address of the landlady, the great learning of a surgeon, and the solid skill in casuistry of the worthy lieutenant.

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So spoke "Mistress Inchbare," landlady of the Craig Fernie Inn, to Anne Silvester, standing in the parlor, purse in hand, and offering the price of the two rooms before she claimed permission to occupy them.

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The landlady, the landlord, their daughter, and Maritornes, when they saw Don Quixote and Sancho coming, went out to welcome them with signs of hearty satisfaction, which Don Quixote received with dignity and gravity, and bade them make up a better bed for him than the last time: to which the landlady replied that if he paid better than he did the last time she would give him one fit for a prince.

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At an earlier hour Magdalen had provided for her being properly taken care of by the landlady's eldest daughter -- a quiet, well-conducted girl, whose interest in the shopping expedition was readily secured by a little present of money for the purchase, on her own account, of a parasol and a muslin dress.

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The landlady, however, who possessed more readiness and activity than any of them, and who had withal a quicker perception of the merits of the case, soon came running in, with a little hot brandy and water, followed by her servant-girl, carrying vinegar, hartshorn, smelling-salts, and such other restoratives; which, being duly administered, recovered the child so far as to enable her to thank them in a faint voice, and to extend her hand to the poor schoolmaster, who stood, with an anxious face, hard by.

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The sensations of bodily sickness, in a comfortable bed, and with the tendance of the good-natured landlady, made a sort of respite for her; such a respite as there is in the faint weariness which obliges a man to throw himself on the sand instead of toiling onward under the scorching sun.

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I was surprised to behold resting against the wall the wooden shaft of Queequeg's harpoon, which the landlady the evening previous had taken from him, before our mounting to the chamber.

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When, after interviewing the landlady, I came and told her of the dilemma, where she sat in the little parlour wearied out with the day's walk, she blushed, it is true, but seemed little put about.

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