landless

[ land-lis ]

adjective

1. without landed property; not owning land:

   a landless noble.

Other Words From

• landless·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of landless¹

before 1000; Middle English; Old English landlēas. See land, -less

Example Sentences

While they are beautiful countries that are rich in culture and history, that colonial past has meant they have historically been home to large, landless, poor, rural populations, including many indigenous people of Mayan descent.

From Time

Still, you were then but the landless house-carle captain, and yet you dared to look up to the daughter of the ealdorman.

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But we do not know whether iron implements may not yet be found in the sepulchres of Thetes, and other poor and landless men.

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But being landless and moneyless they were dependent for employment on the old master class.

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But they were as serviceable as they were precious to Neville Landless.

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Does he see himself pitching Neville Landless off the tower top, or see him fallen from the Cathedral roof?

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