landlady

/ˈlæn(d)ˌleɪ.di/

Etymology

From land + lady.

landlady means A female landlord. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 65 out of 100.

noun

A female landlord.“In a large bedroom upstairs, the window of which was thickly curtained with a great woollen shawl lately discarded by the landlady, Mrs. Rolliver, were gathered on this evening nearly a dozen persons, all seeking vinous bliss; all old inhabitants of the nearer end of Marlott, and frequenters of this retreat.”