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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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Rose’s attempts to make a success of her life will be her undoing, however, a fate that begins to unfold when a neighboring landowner offers her his daughter, Suzanna (Caro Braun).—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2026
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His position as the biggest landowner in the country was cemented in late 2025 after purchasing about 37,000 acres of New Mexico ranchland from the heirs of industrialist Henry Singleton.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
10 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Forests will only be valued and restored if farming families, landholders, and communities can improve their lives by planting and growing trees.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes.com,
13 Jan. 2026
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The DeCaLiBron Loop currently skirts the summit of Bross due to landholder concerns that have kept it closed for years.—
John Meyer,
Denver Post,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Elmarie Wendel's character, Mamie Dubcek, the Solomons’ loud, nosy and surprisingly big-hearted landlady, was a fan-favorite.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
31 Jan. 2026
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But encounters with the island’s residents, including with his gruff but warm-hearted landlady (played by German screen legend Hanna Schygulla), gradually alter his outlook.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Laird.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laird. Accessed 19 Feb. 2026.
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