noun Download 🔗Share The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. Examples : "The laird surveyed his fields, pleased with the bountiful harvest. " property person history society Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun Download 🔗Share Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief. Examples : "Laird MacLeod, the Laird of MacLeod, addressed the crowd gathered for the clan gathering. " title person culture history family organization Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over). Examples : "Since he was the manager's son, he often lairded it over the other employees, telling them what to do even when it wasn't his place. " attitude character society person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading