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laird
(lârd)n. Scots
The owner of a landed estate.
[Scots, from Middle English lard, variant of lord, owner, master; see lord.]
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laird
(lɛəd; Scottish lerd)n
Scot a landowner, esp of a large estate
[C15: Scottish variant of lord]
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laird
(lɛərd)n. Scot.
a landowner.
[1400–50; late Middle English laverd, northern and Scots form of loverd lord]
laird′ly, adj.
laird′ship, n.
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laird
A Scottish word for lord, used to mean a landowner.
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Noun | 1. | laird - a landowner Scotland - one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts |
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laird
n (Scot) → Gutsherr(in) m(f)
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