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Landowner

Landholder or landowner is a holder of the estate in land

Estate in land

An estate in land is an interest in real property that is or may become possessory.This should be distinguished from an "Estate " as used in reference to an area of land, and "Immovable Property" as used to refer to property in general....
with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land.

In the old Europe a landholder was usually a nobleman, see landed nobility

Landed nobility

Landed nobility is a category of nobility in various countries over the history, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. Their character depends on the country....
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The largest landowner in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
(2008) is Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an United States media proprietor. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel....
. His holdings total more than .

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Landholder or landowner is a holder of the estate in land

Estate in land

An estate in land is an interest in real property that is or may become possessory.This should be distinguished from an "Estate " as used in reference to an area of land, and "Immovable Property" as used to refer to property in general....
with considerable rights of ownership or, simply put, an owner of land.

In the old Europe a landholder was usually a nobleman, see landed nobility

Landed nobility

Landed nobility is a category of nobility in various countries over the history, for which landownership was part of their noble privileges. Their character depends on the country....
.

The largest landowner in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
(2008) is Ted Turner

Ted Turner

Robert Edward "Ted" Turner III is an United States media proprietor. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel....
. His holdings total more than .

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Landlord
Landlord

Landlord is the owner of a house, apartment, condominium, or real estate which is Rentinged or leased to an individual or business, who is called a Leasehold estate ....
Fiefdom
Fiefdom

Under the system of feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud, feoff, or fee, often consisted of inheritance lands or revenue-producing property granted by a Allegiance lord, generally to a vassal, in return for a form of allegiance, originally to give him the means to fulfill his military duties when called upon....
Benefice
Benefice

Originally a benefice was a gift of land for life as a reward for services rendered. The word comes from the Latin language noun beneficium, meaning "benefit"....
The Land Report
The land report

is an award-winning quarterly American magazine that focuses on topics of interest to those who own or seek to own or invest in land.In addition to the subscriber base, The Land Report is mailed to The Land Report 100, Forbes' list of the World's 400 Billionaires, the 100 Top CEOs Under 40, sports franchise owners in the U.S....