landlady

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di//

A female landlord.

noun

1
A female landlord.
In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.
Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast.

Etymology

From land + lady.

Forms

plural: landladies

landed · In possession of land.landing · An arrival at a surface, as of an airplane or any descending…Landing · Former name of Dease Lake (town).

landlady · A female landlord.

landlord · A person that leases real property; a lessor.landmark · A recognizable natural or man-made feature used for…Landry · A surname from French.

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