laird
(noun) a landowner
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Laird
A surname.
• LIDAR, drail, larid, liard, lidar
laird (plural lairds)
(chiefly, Scotland) The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. [from 14th c.]
(chiefly, Scotland, historical) Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.
laird (third-person singular simple present lairds, present participle lairding, simple past and past participle lairded)
(transitive, Scotland) Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
• LIDAR, drail, larid, liard, lidar
Source: Wiktionary
Laird, n. Etym: [See Lord.]
Definition: A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 May 2025
(noun) a distinctive but intangible quality surrounding a person or thing; “an air of mystery”; “the house had a neglected air”; “an atmosphere of defeat pervaded the candidate’s headquarters”; “the place had an aura of romance”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
