landowning

[US]/'lænd,onɪŋ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. eier av jord, relatert til jordbruksretter
n. å være eiendomseier

Example Sentences

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

Hadrian tilhørte en oppstigende spansk jordmægelsk elite som hadde blitt rik på å selge olivenolje.

landowning families in the region

jordmægelske familier i regionen

Real-world Examples

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

De jordbesittende Bayazidis er muslimer, de handelsgjørende Gregoroses, kristne.

Source: The Economist Culture

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

Allerede på 1800-tallet hadde vellykkede industrielle blitt maktfullere enn de jordbesittende adelene.

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 alliansen mellom konservative jordbesittende eliter og hæren – spesielt i møte kall for jordreform eller økonomisk rettferdighet – skulle skje over og over igjen i Latin-Amerika i neste halvti og en kvarter.

Source: World History Crash Course

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