lackland
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]lackland (plural lacklands)
- (dated) A person who does not own land.
- 1802 November 6, Robert Southey, Letter to To Grosvenor C. Bedford, Esq.; republished in Warter, John Wood, editor, Selections from the letters of Robert Southey[1], volume 3, London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1856, page 212:
- Only let me say, that I should be as glad as you could be to find myself in possession of a good independent fortune: and that we poor lacklands and lackstocks who have to earn our livelihood, must endeavour to make the best of it.