Meaning of LAIRD
| Pronunciation: | | lehrd
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| | Definition: | | [n] (Scotland) a landowner |
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| | See Also: | | landholder, landowner, property owner | |
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| | Definition: | | \Laird\, n. [See {Lord}.]
A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the
crown. [Scot.]
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| | Related Terms: | | archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, beneficiary, blue blood, Brahman, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, count, daimio, deedholder, duke, earl, esquire, feoffee, feudatory, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, householder, lace-curtain, landgrave, landlady, landlord, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, noble, nobleman, optimate, owner, palsgrave, patrician, peer, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, titleholder, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave |
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