laird

[ laird; Scots leyrd ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a landed proprietor.

laird

/ lɛəd; lerd /

noun

1. a landowner, esp of a large estate

Other Words From

• lairdly adjective
• lairdship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of laird¹

1400–50; late Middle English laverd, northern and Scots form of loverd lord

Word History and Origins

Origin of laird¹

C15: Scottish variant of lord

Example Sentences

When I get on the phone with Georgie, I ask her who told her the story of the cook, the laird, his wife and the Queen Mother.

From The Daily Beast

“Sometimes people shoot Marc in a sensational way,” Laird says.

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One presumes such sentiment gets scant play around the Laird-Smith dinner table.

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Excerpted from The Cocktail Dress by Laird Borelli-Persson © 2009.

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Laird Borrelli-Persson is the senior features editor at Style.com, the online home of Vogue and W magazines.

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A story is told of the familiarity between the laird and his riding horse, which was well-fed and full of spirit.

From Project Gutenberg

A laird, in the county of Aberdeen, had a well-stocked fowl yard, but could never get any new-laid eggs for breakfast.

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According to the literal meaning, it would seem that the Laird of Brodie was something less than a gentleman?

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Mistress Jean she was makin' the elder-flower wine; "And what brings the Laird at sic a like time?"

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My eagerness to do so had departed when I heard of "the auld laird's" death.

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