acred

American  

[ey-kerd] / ˈeɪ kərd /

adjective

1. owning many acres of land; landed.

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acred British  

/ ˈeɪkəd /

adjective

1. (usually in combination) having acres of land

   a many-acred farm

   a well-acred nobleman

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Etymology

Origin of acred

First recorded in 1835–45; acre + -ed ³

Example Sentences

No proprietor likes to sell to another proprietor, in the same shire, as largely acred as himself: it spoils the balance of power.

From My Novel — Complete by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

No proprietor likes to sell to another proprietor, in the same shire, as largely acred as hinmself: it spoils the balance of power.

From My Novel — Volume 12 by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron

Thieves! ye acred loon!" exclaimed the Faa king, starting to his feet, and drawing himself up to his full height—"wha does the worm that burrows in the lands o' Clennel ca' thieves?

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume I Historical, Traditionary, and Imaginative by Various

It was a costly day’s journey to ride through the domain of a lord abbot or an acred baron. 

From Old Roads and New Roads by Donne, William Bodham