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—landlessness, n./land"lis/, adj.without landed property; not owning land: a landless noble.[bef. 1000; ME; OE landleas. See LAND, -LESS]
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landless — land‧less [ˈlændləs] adjective not owning land: • The Nicaraguan government redistributed more land to previously landless peasants. * * * landless UK US /ˈlændləs/ adjective ► ECONOMICS, PROPERTY used to describe people who do not have any land… … Financial and business terms
Landless — Land less (l[a^]nd l[e^]s), a. Having no property in land. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
landless — [land′lis] adj. not owning land … English World dictionary
landless — [[t]læ̱ndləs[/t]] ADJ Someone who is landless is prevented from owning the land that they farm. ...landless peasants. N PLURAL: the N The landless are people who are landless. We are giving an equal area of land to the landless … English dictionary
landless — adjective Not owning land. The landless younger sons of the gentry often entered the military as the only way to make a living … Wiktionary
landless — land|less [ lændləs ] adjective landless people are poor and do not own any land … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
landless — UK [ˈlæn(d)ləs] / US [ˈlændləs] adjective landless people are poor and do not own any land … English dictionary
landless — land ► NOUN 1) the part of the earth s surface that is not covered by water. 2) an area of ground in terms of its ownership or use. 3) (the land) ground or soil as a basis for agriculture. 4) a country or state. ► VERB 1) put or go ashore … English terms dictionary
landless — adjective owning no land the landless peasantry • Ant: ↑landed … Useful english dictionary
Landless Workers' Movement — MST supporters in Brazil. Landless Workers Movement (Portuguese: Movimento dos Trabalhadores Sem Terra, or simply MST) is a social movement in Brazil; it is the second (or, according to others, the first[1]) larg … Wikipedia
