поме́щик

rare #18055

nounmasculineanimatecountable

1.
landowner, landlord, squirehistory
Поме́щик прода́л часть свое́й земли́ крестья́нам.
The landowner sold part of his land to the peasants.
Refers chiefly to the pre-1917 Russian landed gentry; not used for someone who rents out a flat.

Examples

В той губернии жили многоземельные помещики.
Landowners with extensive estates lived in that province.
Помещик дал старому слуге вольную.
The landowner gave his old servant his letter of enfranchisement.
Крестьяне работали на землях местного помещика.
The peasants worked on the lands of the local landowner.
Барствовавший помещик так и не научился работать.
The landowner, who had lived like a lord, never learned to work.
Радевший о крестьянах помещик построил школу в деревне.
The landowner, who cared about the peasants, built a school in the village.
Бунтовавшие крестьяне подожгли усадьбу помещика.
The rebelling peasants set the landowner’s estate on fire.
Мужчина, батрачивший на помещика, наконец получил свободу.
The man who had worked for a landowner finally gained his freedom.
Крестьяне брали землю исполу у помещика.
The peasants leased land from the landowner in exchange for half the harvest.