present participle of laird

(chiefly Scotland) The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.

(transitive, Scotland) Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).

plural of laird

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of laird

A surname.

simple past tense and past participle of laird

plural of bonnet laird

(Scotland, historical) A petty landowner who wore a bonnet, not the hat of the gentry.