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lackland

noun

Etymology

From lack + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *landą✻
  3. inherited from *land✻
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as lackland — “lack + land”

Definitions

  1. A person who does not own land.

    • Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA