different between liard vs landlord

English

Etymology

French liard, of unknown origin.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /lj??/, /lj??d/

Noun

liard (plural liards)

1. (historical) A small French coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou.

Anagrams

• LIDAR, Laird, drail, laird, larid, lidar

French

Etymology

Of unknown origin. Compare obsolete liart (“greyish”), source of Catalan liart, Italian leardo, which designate a grey coat colour in horses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lja?/

Noun

liard m (plural liards)

1. (historical) liard (a small bronze coin, equivalent to a quarter of a sou)
2. a trifling amount, a red cent, a pittance
3. (Canada, Louisiana) cottonwood

Further reading

• “liard” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• Dictionary of Louisiana French: As Spoken in Cajun, Creole, and American Indian Communities (2009; ?ISBN; ?ISBN)

English

Etymology

From Middle English landlord, landlorde, londe lord, from Old English landhl?ford, equivalent to land +? lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lænd.l??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lænd.l??d/

Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

1. A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.
2. (chiefly Britain) The owner or manager of a public house.
3. (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
   • publisher's blurb for Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast by Drew Kampion [1]

     2004: the lurking presence of “The Landlord”

Synonyms

• (person who rents something): lessor
• (owner or manager of a public house): publican

Derived terms

• landlordism
• landlordless

Related terms

• landlady

See also

• lessor
• tenant

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