landlady

Noun

Meaning

A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.

The mistress of an inn or lodging house.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

lady laird manager householder innkeeper ladyship proprietress host master owner holder mistress beneficiary landlord landowner
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Antonyms

batman dolly butler chamberlain beau islander
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Hypernyms

landlord

Related terms

old lady

Derivatives

landladies

Examples

Lesley Lewis, landlady of Soho institution, The French House, which has been trading for over 120 years, said: 'We don't want to be the Stasi. Source: Internet

Gordon and Rosemary have little time together—she works late and lives in a hostel, and his 'bitch of a landlady' forbids female visitors to her tenants. Source: Internet

A 58-year-old landlady, Mariam Abdullahi, was on Friday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly burgling her tenant’s apartment to steal valuables and cash totalling N139,000. Source: Internet

However, he could not appreciate the bland vegetarian food offered by his landlady and was frequently hungry until he found one of London's few vegetarian restaurants. Source: Internet

Its notoriety arises from an incident in 1894 in which the then owner, an English landlady named Agnes McDonnell, was savagely beaten and the house set alight, allegedly by a local man, James Lynchehaun. Source: Internet

Frank Hallet ( Martin Sheen ), the adult son of landlady Cora Hallet ( Alexis Smith ), drops by and makes sexual advances toward Rynn. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Landis landish Landkey landladyhood landladyish landladyship