landowning

[US]/'lænd,onɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. ejendelelig, relateret til landejendom
n. jordejer

Example Sentences

Hadrian belonged to an upwardly mobile Spanish landowning elite that had grown rich selling olive oil.

Hadrian tilhørte en socialt ambitiøs spansk godsejerelite, der var blevet rig på at sælge olivenolie.

landowning families in the region

godsejerfamilier i regionen

Real-world Examples

The landowning Bayazidis are Muslim, the trading Gregoroses, Christian.

De landejende Bayazider er muslimer, de handlende Gregoroser, kristne.

Source: The Economist Culture

By the early 19th century, successful industrialists became more  powerful than landowning aristocrats.

I begyndelsen af det 19. århundrede blev succesfulde industrivirksomhedsejere mere magtfulde end landejende aristokrati.

Source: Charming history

This alliance between conservative landowning elites and the army - especially in the face of calls for land reform or economic justice - would happen over and over again in Latin America for the next century and a half.

Denne alliance mellem konservative, landejende elite og militæret - især i lyset af krav om jordreform eller økonomisk retfærdighed - ville gentage sig igen og igen i Latinamerika i det næste århundrede og halve.

Source: World History Crash Course

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