Laird Definition

lârd
noun
In Scotland, a landowner, esp. a wealthy one.
Webster's New World
The owner of a landed estate.
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Other Word Forms of Laird

Noun

Singular:
laird
Plural:
lairds

Origin of Laird

  • Scots from Middle English lard variant of lord owner, master lord

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Laird Sentence Examples

  • Tankerness House is a characteristic example of the mansion of an Orkney laird of the olden time.

  • Once this parish had a laird who dabbled in cannibalism.

  • After three such good fortunes by marriage Norfolk in his folly looked for a crown with a fourth match, listening to the laird of Lethington when he set forth the scheme by which the duke was to marry a restored queen of Scots and rule Scotland with her who should be recognized as Elizabeth's successor.

  • Alexander Brodie (1617-1680), the fourteenth laird, was one of the commissioners who went to the Hague to treat with Charles II., and afterwards became a Scottish lord of session and an English judge.

  • The manufacture of linen thread, introduced about 1720 by Christian Shaw, daughter of the laird of Bargarran, gave way in 1812 to that of cotton thread, which has since grown to be the leading industry of the town.

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Words Starting With

LLALAI

Words Ending With

DRDIRD

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