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Lairdship   Listen
noun
Lairdship  n.  The state of being a laird; an estate; landed property. (Scot.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Lairdship" Quotes from Famous Books



... particular and general, of Ian's late proceedings and the lairdship of Alexander, of men and places that they knew away from this countryside. Ian watched the other as they talked. Whatever there was that had moved, down there in ...
— Foes • Mary Johnston

... himself unable to discuss a subject that was naturally so very distasteful to him, and begged Mr. Gowran to come to her again the next morning. "What I saw wi' my ain twa e'es, Mrs. Heetaway, I saw,—and nane the less because his lairdship may nae find it jist tastefu', as your leddyship was saying. There were them twa, a' colloguing, and a-seetting ilk in ither's laps a' o'er, and a-keessing,—yes, my leddy, a-keessing as females, not ...
— The Eustace Diamonds • Anthony Trollope

... yer lairdship. He will mak' unco guid haste," answered the steward, who stood overcome with grief as he gazed upon the ghastly ...
— The Lost Lady of Lone • E.D.E.N. Southworth



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