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landless

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land·less  (lndls)
adj.
Owning or having no land.

landless·ness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.landless - owning no land; "the landless peasantry"
landed - owning or consisting of land or real estate; "the landed gentry"; "landed property"
Translations
landless [ˈlændlɪs]
A. ADJ [peasant] → sin tierras
B. NPL the landlesslos campesinos sin tierra
landless [ˈlændləs]
adjsans terre
landless peasants → des paysans sans terre
npl
the landless → les sans terre mpl


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Crisparkle called with his mother upon Miss Twinkleton, to arrange for the reception of Miss Helena Landless at the Nuns' House, the two other invitations having reference to that establishment were proffered and accepted.
With the landless gull, that at sunset folds her wings and is rocked to sleep between billows; so at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.
Thus the Durbeyfields, once d'Urbervilles, saw descending upon them the destiny which, no doubt, when they were among the Olympians of the county, they had caused to descend many a time, and severely enough, upon the heads of such landless ones as they themselves were not.
 
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