🇪🇸Spanish Source WordCode: ES

Casera

Pronunciation / Transliteration: casera

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Landlady/ˈlændˌleɪ.di/
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🇪🇸 Example Sentence in Spanish:

"La casera siempre se preocupa por sus inquilinos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A woman who rents out rooms or property to tenants.

    "The landlady was very accommodating and made sure all her tenants were comfortable."
  2. 2

    A woman who manages a boarding house or similar establishment.

    "The landlady of the boarding house prepared breakfast for all the guests every morning."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'landlady' originates from the combination of 'land' and 'lady', with 'land' deriving from Old English 'land', meaning 'ground' or 'earth', and 'lady' from Old English 'hlæfdige', meaning 'female head of household'. The term has evolved over centuries to refer specifically to a woman who rents out property.

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