Question

Identify the feminine form of the noun: landlord
a. Land woman
b. Landlady
c. Landlordess
d. Land girl

Answer 1

Hint: Landlord refers to a man who rents land, apartment or a building to a tenant. It is a gender specific word. It is made up of two words, land and lord.

Complete answer:
The word landlord is made up of words land and lord. The feminine form of this word would be formed by changing the gender specific word lord to its feminine form, i.e., lady. Therefore, the feminine of the landlord would be landlady. Hence, the answer is b. Land woman, as given in option a, consists of two separate words, i.e., land and woman. This is not a single word. The word landlordess, given in option c is an incorrect word. No such word exists in the English language. Land girl, given in option d, again are two separate words. Therefore, option a, c, d, are invalid.

Note: In Option a, land woman and d, land girl, woman and girl are the feminine forms of man and boy, respectively. They are not the feminine form of lord.