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laird

[ laird; Scots leyrd ]

noun

Scot.
  1. a landed proprietor.


laird

/ lerd; lɛəd /

noun

  1. a landowner, esp of a large estate
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô²¹¾±°ù»ål²â adjective
  • ±ô²¹¾±°ù»ås³ó¾±±è noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of laird1

1400–50; late Middle English laverd, northern and Scots form of loverd lord
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of laird1

C15: Scottish variant of lord
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In the opening episode, Cumming’s flamboyant laird secretly taps a certain number of players to be secret Traitors while the rest play as Faithfuls.

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The stag was originally built more than 150 years ago on Mormond Hill near Fraserbugh by estate tenants to commemorate their laird's wedding.

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Nightcaps may be had at Elsa’s Bar, named for the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, whose avant-garde creations were worn by Frances Farquharson, a fashion editor who married a Scottish laird and lived nearby.

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The man behind plans to buy and rewild a 3,500-acre estate in Argyll has insisted he is not a "green laird".

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“Such whisky,†an opinionated laird or peat cutter might mutter, “is made from the fires of hell rather than from the good clean earth.â€

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