bailleur

See also: bâilleur

French

Etymology

From bailler +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.jœʁ/
• Rhymes: -jœʁ

Noun

bailleur m (plural bailleurs, feminine bailleresse)

1. (historical) a landowner who let uncultivated parcels of land to a lessee in a crop-sharing system in early Middle Ages
2. a lessor in general

Related terms

• bail
• bailleur social

See also

• preneur

References

Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 116. Simon and Schuster 1989

Further reading

• “bailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• bullerai