bailleur

See also: bâilleur

French

Etymology

From bailler + -eur.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.jœʁ/

Noun

bailleur m (plural bailleurs, feminine bailleresse)

  1. (historical) a landowner who let uncultivated parcels of land to a lessee in a crop-sharing system in early Middle Ages
  2. a lessor in general

See also

References

Hugh Johnson, Vintage: The Story of Wine pg 116. Simon and Schuster 1989

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