unlanded

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

un- +‎ landed

Adjective[edit]

unlanded (not comparable)

  1. Not owning land.
    • 2004, Richard Goddard, Lordship and Medieval Urbanisation: Coventry, 1043-1355, page 95:
      Each obedientiary held his own rural estates as well as properties in the city and was supported by various unlanded officials.
    • 2011, Jonathan White, Terrorism and Homeland Security:
      India's agrarian system is based on large wealthy landholders and unlanded peasants, formerly of the lower caste, who are alienated from the current economic structure.
  2. Not having been brought to land.
    an unlanded fish

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