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Definition of Landlordism
1. n. The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands.
Definition of Landlordism
1. Noun. An economic system under which a few private individuals (landlords) own property, and rent it to tenants. ¹
2. Noun. A specific variation or implementation of such a system. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Landlordism
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Landlordism
Literary usage of Landlordism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. History of the Irish People by William Anderson O'Connor (1887)
"All his prepossessions are in favour of landlordism ; all his hopes rest on the
truth ... Irish landlordism, Irish religion, Irish law, are not for a single ..."
2. Ireland Yesterday and Today by Hugh Sutherland (1909)
"Ill WHAT IRISH landlordism IS In considering the broad question of land tenure
in Ireland the vital thing to remember is this: Irish landlordism is totally ..."
3. Ireland Yesterday and Today by Hugh Sutherland (1909)
"Ill WHAT IRISH landlordism IS In considering the broad question of land tenure
in Ireland the vital thing to remember is this: Irish landlordism is totally ..."
4. Egypt of the Pharaohs and of the Kedivé by Foster Barham Zincke (1871)
"EGYPTIAN landlordism. Is there anything whereof it may be said, See this is new ?
... We argue the point, as if the landlordism of England were ..."
5. Masterpieces of Eloquence: Famous Orations of Great World Leaders from Early by Mayo Williamson Hazeltine (1905)
"Let landlordism be removed from our country, and labor be allowed the wealth
which it creates instead of being given to legalized idlers, and no more famine ..."
6. Denmark: A Cooperative Commonwealth by Frederic Clemson Howe (1921)
"landlordism was a political problem. It could be ended only by political action.
And the peasants are abolishing the landlord as a claimant on labor, ..."
7. A History of the Ancient Working People: From the Earliest Known Period to by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1889)
"... on Record—Gigantic Growth of Slavery—General View of Sicilian landlordism and
Servitude before the Outbreak—Great Increase of Bondsmen and Women—Enna, ..."
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