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Recent Examples of laird
The landscape also offers up eighteenth-century farmhouses, lairds’ castles, Norse churches, Iron Age forts, and Bronze Age barrows alongside the Neolithic tombs, settlements, and standing stones—thousands of sites altogether, across twenty-odd inhabited islands.
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Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Brian and Ellen, for example, will have to face the consequences that come with murdering Malcolm, the new laird of Clan Grant.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Malcolm is now laird of Clan Grant.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
In episode 3, the question of who would be named the next laird of Clan MacKenzie came to a head.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Shakespeare reveals his villain-protagonist’s foil late in the plot: Macduff only stands out from a miscellaneous herd of Scottish lairds once Macbeth sends assassins after his family.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
The term green laird is used to express concern about the concentration of ownership and power, says Hamish Trench, the chief executive of the Scottish Land Commission, the public body created by the Scottish government to advise on land policy.
—Cathleen O'Grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
A few thousand sheep could generate more revenue for a laird than a few hundred farmer-tenants.
—New York Times, 5 May 2022
This romance is about a grumpy Scottish laird falling for a feisty English lady, and trust me, this man knows how to pleasure his woman.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2022
Alex Ross, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Brian and Ellen, for example, will have to face the consequences that come with murdering Malcolm, the new laird of Clan Grant.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Oct. 2025
Malcolm is now laird of Clan Grant.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2025
In episode 3, the question of who would be named the next laird of Clan MacKenzie came to a head.
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Shakespeare reveals his villain-protagonist’s foil late in the plot: Macduff only stands out from a miscellaneous herd of Scottish lairds once Macbeth sends assassins after his family.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2024
The term green laird is used to express concern about the concentration of ownership and power, says Hamish Trench, the chief executive of the Scottish Land Commission, the public body created by the Scottish government to advise on land policy.
—Cathleen O'Grady, The Atlantic, 20 May 2022
A few thousand sheep could generate more revenue for a laird than a few hundred farmer-tenants.
—New York Times, 5 May 2022
This romance is about a grumpy Scottish laird falling for a feisty English lady, and trust me, this man knows how to pleasure his woman.
—Jenny Singer, Glamour, 14 Feb. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for laird
Noun
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The operation required approvals from federal agencies, state agencies and the landowner.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Apr. 2026
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The bird was removed from its nest with permission from the landowner as well as federal and state authorities after viewers of the livestream camera noticed USS 11 had ingested a fishhook on Saturday.—
Madeline Bartos,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Bishops were major landholders and political figures; controlling their selection meant controlling wealth, loyalty and governance.—
Joëlle Rollo-Koster,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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In 1816, his followers proposed a version that would compensate former landholders but still yield a payout of 4 pounds.—
Will Glovinsky,
The Conversation,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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With a firm hold, the landlady showed me how to switch on the boiler and wait for ten minutes until the hot water came.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Apr. 2026
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Having purchased the flat with a bequest from her great-grandmother, Diana became the landlady.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Laird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laird. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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