laird
noun
a landed proprietor.
lairdship
-
a word derived from
laird.
Example Sentences
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What I saw wi' my ain twa e'es, Mrs. Heetaway, I saw,—and nane the less because his lairdship may nae find it jist tastefu', as your leddyship was saying.
From The Eustace Diamonds by Anthony Trollope
"The evening paper, me laird, that ane o' the lads gi'e me to bring your lairdship."
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Mr. Traill returned, with brief sarcasm, that "his lairdship" had been misinformed.
From Greyfriars Bobby by Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson
But I do know, mem," she said, "that Andrew was fit to cast the lairdship frae him to comfort ony puir lassie.
From The Elect Lady by George MacDonald
And then his lairdship laughed, and invited them to enter the house, and walk into the library.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
