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landless

adjective

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about landless at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. Owning no land.
    the landless peasantry

Origin

From Middle English londlees, from Old English landlēas, equivalent to land + -less. Cognate with Dutch landeloos (“landless”), German landlos (“landless”), Icelandic landlaus (“landless”).

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