unlandedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlandᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlændᵻd/ That does not own or possess land; having no land.
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the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > having no possessions > not owning land
landlessc1000
unlandedc1430
lackland1594
c1430 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1844) I. 84*/2 Ony mysdoar..man or woman landit or vnlandit.
1488 in Rec. Parl. Scotl. to 1707 (2007) 1488/10/40 The gudis movabill belanging to the pure unlandit folkis.
1530 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 138 Ilk gentilman landit ijc lib., ilk gentilman vnlandit ijc markis.
1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxix. 199 Either rich or poore: landed or vnlanded.
1633 J. Ford Loves Sacrifice iv. sig. H2v The sallow-coloured brat Of some vnlanded banckrupt.
1668 C. Sedley Mulberry-garden iii. ii Give your estate where you please, so you will but settle your affection upon me,..and the like artillery of unlanded lovers.
1707 J. Spotiswood Introd. Knowl. Stile Writs Scotl. 26 Other Landed Men under the pain of 1000 Merks, and ilk Unlanded person the pain of 400 Merks.
1776 Civil Prudence 9 The acquisition of territory..and the safer settling of the back country, has been, and is, a blessed and seasonable relief to poor unlanded men.
1845 Emancipator & Weekly Chron. (Boston) 30 Apr. 2/7 The city is all taken up, and the country is all owned, and there is really no place in Boston or near it large enough for our unlanded population to recreate themselves in.
1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 2 Apr. 2/1 The rights of the unlanded millions.
1953 Observer 1 Mar. 9/6 The small shopkeeping class, the unlanded country people, the huge submerged masses of womenkind, are largely unaccounted for.
2002 D. Goleman et al. Business: Ultimate Resource 41/2 Many of these proto-capitalists were subjected to intense ostracism—not just because they were unschooled, but because they were unlanded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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