landladyn.
/ˈlan(d)ˌleɪdi/, U.S. /ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪdi/ 1. ‘A woman who has tenants holding from her’ (Johnson); †figurative a mistress. rare.
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the mind > possession > possessor > [noun] > owner > landowner > landlord > woman
landlady?1533
land-mistress1860
mivvy1881
bunk-wife1937
?1533 W. Tyndale Expos. Mathew v. f. lv Let thy wife viset thy landladie thre or foure tymes in a yere, with spised kakes..and soche like.
1600 T. Dekker Old Fortunatus sig. A2 Great land-lady of hearts, pardon me.
1688 G. Miege Great French Dict. ii.sig. Mm4v/3 I am the Tenant, and she is my Landlady.
1901 N.E.D. at cited word Our landlady lives next door.
2. The hostess of an inn; the mistress of a lodging- or boarding-house.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier
wifeOE
hostc1290
hostessc1290
hosteler1350
innkeeperc1449
innholder1463
wardin1493
hosterc1503
hostler?a1505
landlady1654
landlord1724
hoteliera1738
aubergiste1766
roadsider1826
khanji1839
motelier1959
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [noun] > specific female
hostessc1290
wardin1493
landlady1654
patronne1898
1654 E. Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 56 She called for the Landlord and Landlady of the Lodging.
1667 S. Pepys Diary 7 Oct. (1974) VIII. 467 There was so much tearing company in the house, that we could not see my landlady.
1734 G. Berkeley Let. 30 Apr. in Wks. (1871) IV. 227 The landlady of the lodging must..be obliged to furnish linen.
1824 W. Scott Redgauntlet I. xii. 291 We soon reached the Shepherd's Bush, where the old landlady was sitting up waiting for us.
1857 C. Dickens Let. 9 Sept. (1995) VIII. 442 We have a very obliging and comfortable landlady.
1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 209 The early widowed landlady of the King's Head Inn.
3. Scottish. One's hostess, the wife of one's host or entertainer. ? Obsolete.
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1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 33 The circumstances of the landlady [Mrs. Bertram, wife of the laird] were pleaded to Mannering..as an apology for her not appearing to welcome her guest.
Derivatives
ˈlandladydom n. the realm of landladies.Apparently an isolated use.
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1890 S. Baring-Gould Pennycomequicks 194 When I come to landladydom.
ˈlandladyhood n. Apparently an isolated use.
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1862 J. Skinner Let. July in M. Trench James Skinner: Mem. (1883) xi. 209 Maggie was in all the dignity of landladyhood.
ˈlandlady-ship n. the position or dignity of a landlady.Apparently an isolated use.
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1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 349 The end of my landladyship is drawing nigh.
ˈlandladyish adj. resembling or characteristic of a landlady.Apparently an isolated use.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [adjective] > characteristic of innkeeper
landlordly1853
landladyish1864
the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > keeper of eating-house > [adjective] > keeper of eating-house
landlordly1853
landladyish1864
1864 Realm 30 Mar. 8 Mrs. Falconer as Dame Quickly displayed a proper amount of landladyish indignation at her corpulent customer's misdeeds.
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