What is "unlanded"

Usage examples of "unlanded".

But even in that instance, a squire was one of the lowest of the low, and the other squires never missed an opportunity to make me feel like the titleless, unlanded peasant that I was.

Kedrac, as an unlanded lord, did not enjoy high status at court, and he would not have been able to secure the position she wanted.

As long as she could remember he had hired adequate help, sometimes freed blacks, sometimes unlanded whites of good character, sometimes slaves, in which case the wages were paid directly to the owner.

He was not wealthy by any means, but he was better off than many of his unlanded peers.

A scattering of people who had claims that allowed them to labor in the surrounding lands had brought in other unlanded folk.

Surprising, really, since he lacked nothing of following among the younger Marchers and the scores of unlanded sons.

His nose was prominent and spoke of a distinct, if unlanded, European heritage.

The lady was nobly born herself, apparently unlanded otherwise, and gave no indication of being unstable or unreliable.