laird
Short definition from Wiktionary
Noun
- A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
- An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.
- A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts.
Verb
- Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
Proper noun
- A surname.
- A place in Canada: A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.
- A place in Canada: A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404, in central Saskatchewan.
- A place in Canada: A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan, named after David Laird.
- A place in the United States: A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
- A place in the United States: A township in Houghton County, Michigan.
- A place in the United States: A township in Phelps County, Nebraska.
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