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laird

  [laird; Scot. leyrd]
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–noun Scot.
a landed proprietor.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME laverd, northern and Scots form of loverd lord

Related forms:
lairdly, adjective
lairdship, noun
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laird   (lârd)   
n.   Scots
The owner of a landed estate.

[Scots, from Middle English lard, variant of lord, owner, master; see lord.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

laird 
c.1450, Scot. and northern England dialectal variant of lord, from M.E. laverd (see lord). Attested as a surname from 1257.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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