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Recent Examples of laird
Brian and Ellen, for example, will have to face the consequences that come with murdering Malcolm, the new laird of Clan Grant.
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Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Malcolm is now laird of Clan Grant.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
In episode 3, the question of who would be named the next laird of Clan MacKenzie came to a head.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Shakespeare reveals his villain-protagonist’s foil late in the plot: Macduff only stands out from a miscellaneous herd of Scottish lairds once Macbeth sends assassins after his family.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
The term green laird is used to express concern about the concentration of ownership and power, says Hamish Trench, the chief executive of the Scottish Land Commission, the public body created by the Scottish government to advise on land policy.
—Cathleen O'Grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
A few thousand sheep could generate more revenue for a laird than a few hundred farmer-tenants.
—New York Times, 5 May 2022
This romance is about a grumpy Scottish laird falling for a feisty English lady, and trust me, this man knows how to pleasure his woman.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2022
Most practical measures to weed out witches were taken by the local leaders of Scottish society, the lairds (local aristocrats) and ministers.
—National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2019
Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Malcolm is now laird of Clan Grant.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
In episode 3, the question of who would be named the next laird of Clan MacKenzie came to a head.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Shakespeare reveals his villain-protagonist’s foil late in the plot: Macduff only stands out from a miscellaneous herd of Scottish lairds once Macbeth sends assassins after his family.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
The term green laird is used to express concern about the concentration of ownership and power, says Hamish Trench, the chief executive of the Scottish Land Commission, the public body created by the Scottish government to advise on land policy.
—Cathleen O'Grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
A few thousand sheep could generate more revenue for a laird than a few hundred farmer-tenants.
—New York Times, 5 May 2022
This romance is about a grumpy Scottish laird falling for a feisty English lady, and trust me, this man knows how to pleasure his woman.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2022
Most practical measures to weed out witches were taken by the local leaders of Scottish society, the lairds (local aristocrats) and ministers.
—National Geographic, 16 Oct. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laird
Noun
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When the skull was found back in June, the landowner reported the remains to the Fayette County Sheriff's Department, the coroner's office said.—
Megan Forrester,
ABC News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Lady Margaret Hoby was a landowner and heiress who, during the early 1600s, was running her estate and the family business in Yorkshire in the frequent absence of her husband on parish and judicial business.—
Phillipa Gregory,
PEOPLE,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The DeCaLiBron Loop currently skirts the summit of Bross due to landholder concerns that have kept it closed for years.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
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His great-grandfather had been a slave owner and large landholder; his parents were tenant farmers.—
Charlie Lee,
Harpers Magazine,
18 June 2025
Noun
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He’s gone to visit Ellen at her home, a boarding house with a snoopy landlady living on the first floor.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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To complicate matters, a suspicious landlady, Lorelai Brown (actress Pamela Britton) is always snooping around.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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“Laird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laird. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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