laird

Meanings

1. A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
2. An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.
3. A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts.

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

1. A surname.
2. A place in Canada:
3. A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.
4. A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404, in central Saskatchewan.
5. A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan, named after David Laird.
6. A place in the United States:
7. A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
8. A township in Houghton County, Michigan.
9. A township in Phelps County, Nebraska.

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.

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