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lairdship

noun

Etymology

From laird + -ship. Piecewise doublet of lordship.

  1. derived from lard
  2. borrowed from laird
  3. suffixed as lairdship — “laird + ship”

Definitions

  1. The state or condition of being a laird.

    • 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.
    • 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.
    • 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.

  2. The area of land owned by a laird.

    • '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?'

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA