Land-holder
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Land-holder is a noun meaning Dated form of landholder.
Meaning
Dated form of landholder.
Example Sentences
Many of the noble land-holders in Sleſwick and Holſtein, have the power of life and death.
[…] that house receive such an air as to make its owner be set down as the great land-holder of the parish, by every creature travelling the road; […]
The rivers and estuaries of the country still abounded in fish, and the right of salmon-fishing by nets or "yairs" (coops) was jealously guarded by land-holders.
Word Forms
- land-holders
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