"landless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From Middle English londlees, from Old English landlēas, equivalent to land + -less. Cognate with Dutch landeloos (“landless”), German landlos (“landless”), Icelandic landlaus (“landless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|londlees}} Middle English londlees, {{inh|en|ang|landlēas}} Old English landlēas, {{suffix|en|land|less}} land + -less, {{cog|nl|landeloos|t=landless}} Dutch landeloos (“landless”), {{cog|de|landlos|t=landless}} German landlos (“landless”), {{cog|is|landlaus|t=landless}} Icelandic landlaus (“landless”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} landless (not comparable)
  1. Not owning land. Tags: not-comparable Translations (not owning land): maaton (Finnish), безземјен (bezzemjen) (Macedonian), bezrolny (Polish), jordlös (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-landless-en-adj-5WyhXRcT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 67 33 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 57 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 56 44 Disambiguation of 'not owning land': 81 19
  2. Not containing any land. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-landless-en-adj-UTV3xrYO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 52 48 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 51 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 55 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: landlessness
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          "ref": "1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 392:",
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      "sense": "not owning land",
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      "sense": "not owning land",
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