Meaning & use
landed
Owning land, especially inherited property, or officially permitted to live permanently in a country.
See it in a sentence
The landed gentry once controlled most of the farmland in the county.
After years on a work visa, she finally became a landed immigrant in Canada.
A note on using this word
Landed immigrant is the traditional Canadian term for what is now more often called a permanent resident.
Words with a similar meaning
propertied
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Words with an opposite meaning
landless
Another way to use it
2. verb
Past tense of land: arrived on the ground or on a surface after flight or a jump.
The plane landed safely despite the storm raging over the airport.
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