Landlord \Land"lord`\, n. [See Land, and Lord.]

1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. --Addison.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)