laird
Pronunciation:
/lerd//lɛːd//lɛəɹd/noun
Definitions
The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.
Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.
verb
Definitions
Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).