Laird

noun

/lerd/

Word Frequency: 1.3

Definitions

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

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

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

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