Two of our four Indian men were chiefs and great landowners on their own islands.

They defended the small private property against the socialist projects and the great landowners.

The temple itself was a great landowner, possessed of both farms and pasture land.

Usually enclosure was forced through at the instigation and will of the greater landowners.

It is a matter for regret that of late years the great landowner has been so much less in touch with the parish.

These merchants invested in land, becoming great landowners and employing large numbers of peasants.

Its main allies were the Church and the great landowners.

The days of the great local landowners ended in the early 19th century.

Serfs were tied to the land and the great landowners did largely as they pleased.

There were no longer any great landowners or free peasants.