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lairdships

lairdships is the plural of lairdship.

Meaning of lairdship

Noun

lairdship (countable and uncountable, plural lairdships)

  1. (Scotland) 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.1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat
  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?'1874, Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character

Questions about lairdships

What is lairdships the plural of?
Lairdships is the plural of lairdship.

Words near lairdships in the dictionary

  1. lairdesses
  2. lairding
  3. lairdocracy
  4. lairds
  5. lairdship
  6. lairdships
  7. laired
  8. laired it up
  9. laired up
  10. Lairenba
  11. Lairenjam

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