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Uncommonlaird
The correct spelling is laird.
How to pronounce laird
/lerd/
nounIPA: /lerd/
Say it like: Lay-rd
The correct spelling is laird. The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.
- 2.Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.
verb
- 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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