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- noun Plural form of
laird .
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Examples
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Religion was changed and a new distribution of political power secured, transferring the ascendency of the crown and of the old privileged orders to a class of "new men," low-born ministers of the kirk, small "lairds" and burgesses.
The Age of the Reformation Preserved Smith 1910
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Paranormal, time travel, historical, full of scottish lairds and the fae. (yum!).
Friday Book Club Nalini Singh 2009
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The barrels, however, had held rye whiskey, not the single-malt Scotch that the lairds of the manor would have sipped.
Beer: A rally for drinking sanity Greg Kitsock 2010
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In the 1930s, under island lairds the Runcimans, it was a vision of modern agriculture.
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So, see any hot Scottish men (or lairds) in kilts lately?
Bonny Scotland Nalini Singh 2009
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She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life … and shatter her heart.
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No one had more resources or trained men than Duncan, and few lairds were as well regarded.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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“You are attempting to gather the other lairds behind the prince, then?”
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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“You are attempting to gather the other lairds behind the prince, then?”
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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No one had more resources or trained men than Duncan, and few lairds were as well regarded.
Much Ado About Marriage Karen Hawkins 2010
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