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Meaning of Landlady | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di

Definitions

A female landlord.

Equivalents

العربية صاحبة الملك
Беларуская гаспадыня
བོད་སྐད གནས་མོ
Bosanski domaći
Català mestressa
Čeština domácí
Français propriétaire
Gàidhlig bean an taighe
Hrvatski domaći
Հայերեն տանտիրուհի
Latviešu saimniece
Nederlands hospita
Polski gospodyni
Српски domaći
Svenska hyresvärdinna
Українська ґаздиня господиня
Tiếng Việt bà chủ

Examples

“In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.”
“Yet Clacton, like every other station at a big seaside resort, is bedevilled by the traditional insistence of boarding-house landladies that their clients must arrive on Saturday before lunch and leave on Saturday after breakfast.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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