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Landholder

A holder, owner, or proprietor of land.

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Abutter 76% connected

One who, or that which, abuts. Specifically, the owner of a contiguous estate; as, the abutters on a street or a river.

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Franklin 76% connected

An English freeholder, or substantial householder.

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Freeholder 76% connected

The possessor of a freehold.

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Laird 76% connected

A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown.

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Landlord 76% connected

The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

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Squire 76% connected

A square; a measure; a rule.

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Holder 76% connected

One who is employed in the hold of a vessel.

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Landowner 92% connected

An owner of land.

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Abdication noun · 78% connection

The act of abdicating; the renunciation of a high office, dignity, or trust, by its holder; commonly the voluntary renunciation of sov…

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Accession noun · 78% connection

A mode of acquiring property, by which the owner of a corporeal substance which receives an addition by growth, or by labor, has a rig…

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Accretion noun · 78% connection

The adhering of property to something else, by which the owner of one thing becomes possessed of a right to another; generally, gain o…

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Allodium noun · 78% connection

Freehold estate; land which is the absolute property of the owner; real estate held in absolute independence, without being subject to…

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Apostolate noun · 78% connection

The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see.

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Appurtenance noun · 78% connection

That which belongs to something else; an adjunct; an appendage; an accessory; something annexed to another thing more worthy; in commo…

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Ashore adverb · 78% connection

On shore or on land; on the land adjacent to water; to the shore; to the land; aground (when applied to a ship); -- sometimes opposed…

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Bondage adjective · 78% connection

Villenage; tenure of land on condition of doing the meanest services for the owner.

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Bracket noun · 78% connection

A gas fixture or lamp holder projecting from the face of a wall, column, or the like.

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Carrier noun · 78% connection

That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b…

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Clip noun · 78% connection

A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

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Common noun · 78% connection

The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the comm…

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Continent adjective · 78% connection

One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an isl…

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Coupon noun · 78% connection

A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated…

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Demesne noun · 78% connection

A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the…

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Dish noun · 78% connection

That portion of the produce of a mine which is paid to the land owner or proprietor.

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Distaff noun · 78% connection

Used as a symbol of the holder of a distaff; hence, a woman; women, collectively.

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Easement noun · 78% connection

A liberty, privilege, or advantage, which one proprietor has in the estate of another proprietor, distinct from the ownership of the s…

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