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laird
[
laird
;
Scot.
ley
r
d
]
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laird
/
lɛərd
;
Scot.
leɪrd
/
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[
laird
;
Scot.
ley
r
d
]
Show IPA
noun
Scot.
a landed proprietor.
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Origin:
1400–50;
late Middle English
laverd,
northern and
Scots
form of
loverd
lord
Related forms
laird·ly,
adjective
laird·ship,
noun
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laird
(lɛəd,
Scottish
lerd)
—
n
(
Scot
) a landowner, esp of a large estate
[C15: Scottish variant of
lord
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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laird
mid-15c., Scottish and northern England dialectal variant of lord, from M.E. laverd (see
lord
). Attested as a surname from 1257.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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