laird
noun
a landed proprietor.
lairdship
-
a word derived from
laird.
Example Sentences
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"What brings you here, I say?" he repeated, "An'it please your lairdship, there are twa poleecemen downstairs, wi' a posse at their tails," answered the old man, bowing humbly.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
They talked of affairs, particular and general, of Ian's late proceedings and the lairdship of Alexander, of men and places that they knew away from this countryside.
From Foes by Mary Johnston
And here, me laird, are two letters the turnkey gave me to hand to your lairdship.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths 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
Pantag'ruel gave "the merry fellow the lairdship of Salmigondin."
From Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol. 1 A Revised American Edition of the Reader's Handbook by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
