bailleur

See also: bâilleur

French

Etymology

From bailler +‎ -eur.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.jœʁ/
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Rhymes: -jœʁ

Noun

bailleur m (plural bailleurs, feminine bailleresse)

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

Related terms

bail
bailleur social

See also

preneur

References

Johnson, Hugh (1989) Vintage: The Story of Wine, Simon & Schuster, page 116

Further reading

“bailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

bullerai

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