laird UK /lɛːd/US /lɛəɹd/noun 3verb 1forms 3 noun3 •(Scotland) A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts. •(historical) A feudal lord in Scottish contexts. •(Scotland) An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.Though now entered on the stage of glorious war, the young Laird of Dalbracken remained still the same imaginative and sensitive being who dreamed and loved in the scenes of his boyhood. — 1848 verb1 •(Scotland) Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).Declan observed him, analyzing his reaction. He loved to unnerve his lairding brother. — 2013 formslairded · lairding · lairds
