Home › Words › R › randlordrandlordrandlord means the person in charge of a goldfield in the Witwatersrand region.EtymologyBlend of Rand + landlord.nounThe person in charge of a goldfield in the Witwatersrand region.e.g.“Pa had bought the staircase that used to stand in the entrance hall of a Randlord mansion in Johannesburg.” — 2013, Dominique Botha, False River:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).