powerful landowner

collocation in English

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powerful
adjective
uk
/ˈpaʊə.fəl/us
/ˈpaʊ.ɚ.fəl/
having a lot of power to control people ...
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landowner
noun[C]
uk
/ˈlændˌəʊ.nər/us
/ˈlændˌoʊ.nɚ/
someone who owns land, especially a large amount ...
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(Definition ofpowerfulandlandownerfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A district council wants to take from some rich andpowerfullandownera small portion of land.
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Preparations were made for its drainage in 1917 but it was resisted by one ratherpowerfullandowner.
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Being apowerfullandownerin the west country did not make him blind to the sufferings of his tenants.
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Composed of landowners and tenant farmers this cavalry force was naturally commanded by the mostpowerfullandowner, the earl himself.
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This sample includes several of the most powerful landowners of the pampas.
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No wonder, therefore, that the rich and powerful landowners are interested in, and usually succeed in, grabbing the land located at the head reaches.
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Periodic land reforms broke up large estates and ensured that powerful landowners could not emerge.
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Some manors were owned by abbeys, which were powerful landowners.
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The farm has had several different owners through time and has been inhabited by different powerful landowners.
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They were the most powerful landowners and, along with the bishops, elected the king, usually from their own midst.
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