Definition of "laird" []

• Scots The owner of a landed estate. (noun)

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• "– the laird is about the house: and I am feared he will make some stramash when he sees ye."
• "I fear me, this man of violence, whom they call the laird, will execute these his threats, which cannot be without both loss and danger to my brother. '"
• "I fear me, this man of violence, whom they call the laird, will execute these his threats, which cannot be without both loss and danger to my brother.’"