A person that leases real property; a lessor. / (chiefly Britain) The owner or manager of a public house. / (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.

plural of landlord

An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants. / A specific variation or implementation of such a system.

Performing duties of a landlord.

plural of landlordism

(chiefly UK) An agent or agency that provides social housing.

plural of social landlord

(property law) The landlord of a headlease, from the perspective of an underlease to that lease.

plural of superior landlord

(property law, uncommon) Synonym of superior landlord.