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  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Landed  \Land"ed\,  a. 
  1.  Having  an  estate  in  land. 
 
  The  House  of  Commons  must  consist,  for  the  most 
  part  of  landed  men.  --Addison. 
 
  2.  Consisting  in  real  estate  or  land;  as  landed  property; 
  landed  security. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Land  \Land\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Landed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Landing}.] 
  1.  To  set  or  put  on  shore  from  a  ship  or  other  water  craft; 
  to  disembark;  to  debark. 
 
  I  'll  undertake  top  land  them  on  our  coast.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  catch  and  bring  to  shore;  to  capture;  as  to  land  a 
  fish. 
 
  3.  To  set  down  after  conveying;  to  cause  to  fall,  alight,  or 
  reach;  to  bring  to  the  end  of  a  course;  as  he  landed  the 
  quoit  near  the  stake;  to  be  thrown  from  a  horse  and  landed 
  in  the  mud;  to  land  one  in  difficulties  or  mistakes. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  landed 
  adj  :  owning  or  consisting  of  land  or  real  estate;  "the  landed 
  gentry";  "landed  property"  [ant:  {landless}] 




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