Landowner

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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 "Land ownership" and Property (ownership right) for more.

The term should not be confused with the simple "landlord".

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