absentee landlord

noun

1. a landlord who owns but is not resident in a property.

absentee landlord

noun

1. a landlord who does not live in or near a property from which he draws an income

Example Sentences

In Ireland, the absentee landlord is bitterly reproached for not administering his estate in person.

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The Roman gentleman may be regarded as an "absentee landlord," giving this advice to his agent.

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An absentee landlord, wearing a coronet and loafing at the Court of Royalty, needs more money for his games.

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It is supplied by a corporation magnate removed from his audience in location, fortune, interest, and mood: an absentee landlord.

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Clearly this, again, is not a case of the absentee landlord draining the lifeblood of the land to lavish it upon an alien soil!

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