Lairdship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state or condition of being a laird. Scotland, countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    The area of land owned by a laird. countable, uncountable

    "'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?'"

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"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."

Etymology

From laird + -ship. Piecewise doublet of lordship.

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