A person who owns land, especially as a significant property or source of wealth and status.
From Old English 'land' (Germanic origin) combined with 'owner' (from Old Norse 'eigandi'). The concept became formally important in medieval feudal systems where land ownership determined social rank.
In medieval Europe, land ownership was literally the only way to have power or wealth—your landowner status determined everything from taxes to who could marry your daughter. This is why so many fantasy novels still treat landowners as the main characters.
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