landlady
pronunciation
How to pronounce landlady in British English: UK [ˈlændleɪdi]
How to pronounce landlady in American English: US [ˈlændleɪdi]
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- Noun:
- a landlord who is a woman
Word Origin
- landlady (n.)
- 1520s, from land (n.) + lady.
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Example
- 1. And he negotiated a lower rent with his landlady .
- 2. Mom , why are we staying with the landlady ?
- 3. One such is his landlady 's daughter , dolores ( lolita ) haze .
- 4. Remember the landlady I told you about ?
- 5. At a seminar last week on the future of british pubs , hosted by the institute for public policy research , one award-winning pub landlady stated baldly : " at the end of the day , it 's a business . "