Laird

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Laird \Laird\ (l[^a]rd), n. [See {Lord}.]
     A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the
     crown. [Scot.]
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  laird
       n : a landowner

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "laird":
     Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet,
     beneficiary, blue blood, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use,
     count, daimio, deedholder, duke, earl, esquire, feoffee, feudatory,
     gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, householder, lace-curtain,
     landgrave, landlady, landlord, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico,
     margrave, marquis, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, noble,
     nobleman, optimate, owner, palsgrave, patrician, peer, proprietary,
     proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, seigneur, seignior,
     silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, titleholder,
     upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave
  
  

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Laird, CO
    Zip code(s): 80758