laird
noun
a landed proprietor.
lairdship
-
a word derived from
laird.
Example Sentences
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The hostler telt me that his lairdship had gane for a walk o'er the brig to Castle Lone.
From The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
His lairdship never saw or spoke to Mr. Kenneth afterwards.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
We must not take more than his lairdship has conceded.
From Viking Boys by Jessie Margaret Edmondston Saxby
His lairdship smiled pleasantly, and tauld me to fetch it after him up to his chamber.
From The Lost Lady of Lone by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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
