houselord
/ˈhaʊslɔːd/Now rare
noun
1The lord or master of the house. archaic and historical in later use.
2The owner of a rented house; a landlord who lets a house, apartment, etc.
Origin
Old English. From house + lord. In sense 1 apparently independently re-formed in the 19th cent., perhaps after German Hausherr; compare house lady.
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- maldevelopment
- maldistributed
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- mal du pays
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- malebolge
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