adj. Describing one, or a group, that owns real estate (i.e. land).
adj. Of or pertaining to the ownership of land.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The owning of land.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Holding or possessing landed estates; pertaining to landowners: as, the land-owning class.
Word Usage
"A key factor enabling China's transformation "China Population Balance Tilts Urban," World News, Jan. 18 is the ability of landowning local governments to simply grab land instead of transferring ownership by means of a sales contract."