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LAIRD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does laird mean? 

LAIRD (noun)
  The noun LAIRD has 1 sense:

1. a landownerplay

  Familiarity information: LAIRD used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LAIRD (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A landowner

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("laird" is a kind of...):

landholder; landowner; property owner (a holder or proprietor of land)

Domain region:

Scotland (one of the four countries that make up the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland; located on the northern part of the island of Great Britain; famous for bagpipes and plaids and kilts)


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