Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Laird"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Laird \Laird\, n. [See {Lord}.]
A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the
crown. [Scot.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
laird
n : (Scotland) a landowner
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