Definition for LAND'ED

LAND'ED, pp.

  1. Disembarked; set on shore from a ship or boat.
  2. adj. Having an estate in land; as, a landed gentleman. The house of commons must consist, for the most part, of landed men. – Addison.
  3. Consisting in real estate or land; as, landed security; landed property. The landed interest of a nation is the interest consisting in land; but the word is used also for the owners of that interest, the proprietors of land.

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