laird
Example Sentences
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He told BBC Scotland News that he thought he was going to die during his ordeal but he was grateful to those - including the local laird - who came to his rescue.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2025
In the opening episode, Cumming’s flamboyant laird secretly taps a certain number of players to be secret Traitors while the rest play as Faithfuls.
From Salon ● Jan. 9, 2025
Nightcaps may be had at Elsa’s Bar, named for the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli, whose avant-garde creations were worn by Frances Farquharson, a fashion editor who married a Scottish laird and lived nearby.
From New York Times ● Feb. 1, 2023
He consequently dines secretly with his old friend Bunker and, through that trickster’s baleful influence, soon finds himself in a Scottish castle, passing himself off as its new laird, Lord Tulliwuddle.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2021
The laird of the Orkneys sat down and tried to remember.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
