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Meanings of ownerless in English

Having no owner.

Usage of ownerless in English
1
The ponies trotted away and I was left in the window ownerless.
Waifs and Strays / Part 1
2
And no more handkerchiefs had been found, ownerless, in their hall.
Ralestone Luck
3
The house at Robin Hill, finished though it was, remained empty and ownerless.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume I. / The Man Of Property
4
The ownerless dogs of the village analyzed Minnie's nature, and found it satisfactory.
The Hunted Outlaw, or, Donald Morrison, the Canadian Rob Roy
5
Among the free and ownerless pariah dogs of the East disease is almost unknown.
Dogs and All about Them
6
Virtually all strays are previously owned, as ownerless dogs are extremely rare in the UK.
The Guardian
7
He had also established a pinjrapole for aged, sickly and ownerless animals of all kinds.
Concerning Animals and Other Matters
8
And what is passing meanwhile on the ownerless island?
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
9
Does not the Maharajah-sahib impound all horses left ownerless?
Rung Ho! A Novel
10
All ownerless, and with so much treasure hidden hereabout!
Gulliver of Mars
11
Cattle were straying ownerless about the place, while dogs and pigs were devouring the murdered inhabitants.
In the Track of the Troops
12
By that time some of the mines would be ownerless and his position strengthened a hundredfold.
The Spoilers
13
The big collie saw the basket standing there, unprotected and, so far as he knew, ownerless.
Further Adventures of Lad
14
There are feral goats in the gorge too, but ownerless sheep are something of a rarity.
The Guardian
15
This they most joyfully did, for it was a recreation, and many ownerless goats were driven in.
The Kipling Reader / Selections from the Books of Rudyard Kiplin...
16
He meant to go to the ownerless island at Ostrova-itwas three years since that former visit.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 05 — Fiction
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