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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Laird \Laird\ (l[^a]rd), noun [See {Lord}.] A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
laird
noun: a landowner
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
60 Moby Thesaurus words for "laird": Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, beneficiary, blue blood, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, count, daimio, deedholder, duke, earl, esquire, feoffee, feudatory, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, householder, lace-curtain, landgrave, landlady, landlord, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, noble, nobleman, optimate, owner, palsgrave, patrician, peer, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, titleholder, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Laird, CO Zip code(s): 80758
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