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Lairds

The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.

📖 Definitions of "Lairds"

noun
  1. 1

    The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.

  2. 2

    Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.

verb
  1. 1

    Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).

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