laird
noun
a landed proprietor.
lairdship
-
a word derived from
laird.
Example Sentences
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His lairdship never saw or spoke to Mr. Kenneth afterwards.
From Self-Raised Or, From the Depths by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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 J. M. (James Matthew) Barrie
So it happened that all the reins of government about this tiny lairdship of one farm were in the strong and capable hands of a girl of twenty.
From The Lilac Sunbonnet by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
He, Neil Ruleson, had lost a hale morning’s wark, waiting on his lairdship.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
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
