landlady

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: land=la=dy

CIDE DICTIONARY

landlady, n. [Cf. landlord.].

•  A woman having real estate which she leases to a tenant or tenants.  [1913 Webster]
•  The mistress of an inn or lodging house.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

landlady, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a woman who lets land, a building, part of a building, etc., to a tenant.
2 a woman who keeps a public house, boarding-house, or lodgings.

THESAURUS

landlady

beneficiary, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, deedholder, feoffee, feudatory, hostess, householder, laird, landlord, lord, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, owner, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, squire, titleholder