landlord
noun [ C ]
uk/ˈlændlɔːd/ us PROPERTY
a person or organization that owns a room, building, or piece of land that someone else pays rent to use:
Landlords have legal obligations that cannot be avoided by leaving them out of the tenancy agreement.
COMMERCE UK
a man who owns or manages a pub, bar, or small hotel:
A landlord who has rescued his pub from being closed has said the crisis in the industry can't all be blamed on large pub companies.
Compare
landlady
See also
absentee landlord