landlady

IPA/ˈlændleɪdi/
KK[lˈændlˌedi]IPA/ˈlændleɪdi/

landlady — noun

  • landladysingular
  • landladiesplural

1. a female property owner who lets out a house, flat, room, or plot to tenants and

1.名詞B1
釋義

a female property owner who lets out a house, flat, room, or plot to tenants and collects regular rent payments from them.

例句

Aylin sent her landlady a message about the broken kitchen tap.

possessive: someone's landlady

The landlady raised the monthly rent on the small flat above the bakery.

collocation: landlady + raised the rent

同義詞
  • lessor

    formal/legal term for the party granting a lease; gender-neutral

  • landlord

    general or male equivalent; widely used for women too in modern usage

  • property owner

    broader; covers owners who don't rent out their property

反義詞
  • tenant

    the person who pays rent to the landlady

  • lodger

    renter of a single room, usually in the owner's home

文法句型

landlady of [property]

[person]'s landlady

用法筆記

Subject of common verbs like 'raise', 'collect', 'evict', 'inspect'. Typically appears with a possessive ('my landlady', 'her landlady') because the relationship is personal between renter and owner.

常見錯誤

❌I pay rent to my landlady house every month.
✅I pay rent to my landlady every month.
💡landlady refers to the person, not the property; no 'house' after it.
❌The landlady of the bank refused our loan.
✅The bank manager refused our loan.
💡landlady only applies to a woman renting out housing or land, not to other businesses.

2. a woman who runs a pub, bar, or guest house, often serving customers and looking

2.名詞B2
釋義

a woman who runs a pub, bar, or guest house, often serving customers and looking after the daily business herself.

例句

Tamar greeted every customer by name when she became the landlady of the village pub.

pattern: landlady of [a pub / an inn]

The cheerful landlady poured two pints of ale and slid them across the wooden bar.

collocation: cheerful / friendly landlady

同義詞
  • innkeeper

    specifically a guest-house or inn manager; gender-neutral

  • publican

    formal term for someone who runs a British pub

  • proprietress

    old-fashioned, very formal female owner

反義詞
  • customer

    the person buying drinks or staying at the inn

  • guest

    someone the landlady serves at her inn or B&B

文法句型

landlady of [the pub / the inn]

用法筆記

Distinguish from sense 1: here she runs a hospitality business (pub, bar, guest house), not residential property. Often appears in British contexts; American English usually says 'owner' or 'manager' for the same role.

常見錯誤

❌The landlady of the hotel chain owns ten branches.
✅The owner of the hotel chain owns ten branches.
💡landlady applies to a single small pub, bar, or guest house, not to large hotel groups.