Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The condition or quality of a laird.
- noun An estate; landed property.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Scot. The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property.
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- noun Scotland the state or condition of being a
laird
Etymologies
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Examples
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"I want his lairdship to take the lad on as stable lad," she went on.
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"I'd a bit of a favor to ask his lairdship," the old lady went on.
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"Mmmphm. And you want Jamie, er, his lairdship I mean, to take your grandson into his house as stable lad, to get him away from his father?"
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"I see his lairdship didna wed ye for your face alone."
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"I've a wee favor I was wishin 'to ask of your lairdship," she began, "havin 'tae do wi' -"
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Now his worship, the new laird, husbanded this his estate so providently well and prudently, that in less than fourteen days he wasted and dilapidated all the certain and uncertain revenue of his lairdship for three whole years.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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Now his worship, the new laird, husbanded this his estate so providently well and prudently, that in less than fourteen days he wasted and dilapidated all the certain and uncertain revenue of his lairdship for three whole years.
Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel 2002
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I wuss ye joy, sir, of the head seat, and the white loaf, and the braid lairdship.
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I wuss ye joy, sir, of the head seat and the white loaf and the brid lairdship.
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And my freedom's my lairdship nae monarch daur touch. [dare]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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