Lairdship
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lairdship is a noun meaning (Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird.
Meaning
(Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird.
More Meanings
- The area of land owned by a laird.
Example Sentences
He would as soon have thought of wearing a white linen shirt or having the lairdship of a barony, as of getting ham to his breakfast.
'Laird,' said she (for so she always called him, though his lairdship was of the smallest), 'will ye tell them to bury me whaur I'll lie across at your feet?'
They talked of affairs, particular and general, of Ian's late proceedings and the lairdship of Alexander, of men and places that they knew away from this countryside.
II. I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought; But man is a sodger, and life is a faught: My mirth and guid humour are coin in my pouch, And my freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch.
Word Forms
- lairdships
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include laird, lairdess, lair, laddock, lade, leven.
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