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Definition of Lairds
1. laird [n] - See also: laird
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lairds
Literary usage of Lairds
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Songs and Ballads of Clydesdale by A. Nimmo (1882)
"O the lairds o' Carnwath ! I sing to the praise o' the lairds o' Carnwath; Frae
the east to the west, frae the Tweed to Cape Wrath, Ye'll find nae sic ..."
2. A History of Moray and Nairn by Charles Joseph Galliari Rampini (1897)
"... Earls and Marquises of Huntly and Dukes of Gordon ; the Grants, lairds of
Grant and now Earls of Seafield; and the Duffs, Earls now Dukes of Fife. ..."
3. Scottish Reminiscences by Sir Archibald Geikie (1904)
"OLD and new type of landed proprietors in Scotland. Highland Chiefs—Second Marquess
of Breadalbane ; late Duke of Argyll. Ayrshire lairds—TF Kennedy of ..."
4. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1827)
"... brawny strength of young America will lend her arms and her councils. ART.
IV. The Last of the lairds : or the Life and Opinions of Malachi Mailings, ..."
5. The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political by David Masson (1881)
"... eight of the Nobles present, elected by the Prelates ; eight of the lairds or
Lesser Barons present, elected by the Prelates and Nobles conjointly; ..."
6. A Pioneer Outline History of Northwestern Pennsylvania: Embracing the by William James McKnight (1905)
"LORDS AND lairds EARLY SETTLERS IN PENNSYLVANIA SCOTCH-IRISH THE term ... Many of
them, though not lords, were lairds, or those who held lands direct from ..."
7. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"... lairds. Local magnates of Scotland, who wore the Braid Bonnet. Bonnet-piece.
A gold coin of James V. of Scotland, the king's head on ..."
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