lairdship
- a word derived from laird.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Traill returned, with brief sarcasm, that "his lairdship" had been misinformed.
From Greyfriars Bobby by Atkinson, Eleanor Stackhouse
I wuss ye joy, sir, of the head seat and the white loaf and the brid lairdship.
From Stories by English Authors: Scotland (Selected by Scribners) by Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew)
"Will I call a doctor to your lairdship?" inquired the old man.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
Noo, Donald, mon," said the jailer, beckoning another turnkey, "convey his lairdship to the sou-wast corner cell in the men's ward.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
Aweel, his widow come her ways back to Scotland, as I had the honor to tell your leddyship, and made her appeal to his lairdship the airl for dower.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
