noun.
One that owns and rents land, buildings, or dwelling units.
noun.
A man who runs a rooming house or an inn; an innkeeper.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
The lord of land or of a manor; one of whom land is held subject to the payment or performance of rent or service; the owner or holder of a tenement, to whom the tenant pays rent.
noun.
The master or proprietor of an inn, or of a lodging-house or boarding-house; a host.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.
noun.
The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house.