AskDefine | Define landowners

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Noun

landowners
  1. Plural of landowner

Extensive Definition

Landowner or landholder is a holder of the estate in land with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land.
In the old Europe a landholder was usually a nobleman, see landed nobility.

See also

landowners in German: Gutsbesitzer
landowners in Spanish: Terrateniente
landowners in Norwegian Nynorsk: Godseigar
landowners in Swedish: Godsägare
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