name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
laird
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /lɛːd/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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General-American: /lɛəɹd/
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Scotland: /lerd/
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Australian: /leːd/
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New-Zealand: /leəd/ without the cheer–chair merger
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/liəd/ New Zealand, cheer–chair merger
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/lɜː(ɹ)d/ Lancashire, fair–fur merger
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rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d
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homophone: laired
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homophone: leered (cheer–chair merger)
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CMU ARPABET: L EH1 R D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A place in Canada:
A township and village in Algoma District, northern Ontario.
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Meaning 3
A place in Canada:
A rural municipality, the Rural Municipality of Laird No. 404, in central Saskatchewan.
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Meaning 4
A place in Canada:
A village within the rural municipality in Saskatchewan, named after David Laird.
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Meaning 5
A place in the United States:
A census-designated place in Yuma County, Colorado.
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Meaning 6
A place in the United States:
A township in Houghton County, Michigan.
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Meaning 7
A place in the United States:
A township in Phelps County, Nebraska.
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noun
Meaning 8
A feudal lord in Scottish contexts.
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Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 9
An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
Meaning 10
A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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verb
Meaning 11
Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, transitive
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noun
Meaning 12
a landowner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: landowner, landholder, property owner
History
Etymology
The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun. Doublet of hlaford and lord.
Across languages
Translations
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Northern Kurdish: axa — Scottish nobleman
- Northern Kurdish: xwedîerd — Scottish nobleman
Real reading context