bailleur
See also: bâilleur
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
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 edit
- bail
- bailleur social
See also edit
References edit
- Johnson, Hugh (1989) Vintage: The Story of Wine, Simon & Schuster, page 116
Further reading edit
- “bailleur”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.