landladyEnglishOxford English Thesauruslandlady noun 1 the landlady of the pub: publican, licensee, innkeeper, manager, manageress, pub owner, proprietor; hotelkeeper, hotelier, host, mine host, restaurateur, bar-keeper; barmaid, barperson. 2 he had just been booted out of his digs because the landlady had objected to the noise: property owner, proprietor, proprietress, lessor, letter, householder, freeholder, landowner, landholder, mistress, lady of the house; rare proprietrix. ▷antonyms tenant, lodger.landlady Oxford Dictionary of English