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How to pronounce “laird”

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Pronunciation guide for laird

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Real speech example: How Your Memory Works -- and Why Forgetting Is Totally OKLaird Hamilton.
Definition summary: (historical) A feudal lord in Scottish contexts. [from 14th c.]

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Laird Hamilton.

[Noun]
(historical) A feudal lord in Scottish contexts. [from 14th c.]
(chiefly Scotland) An aristocrat, particularly in Scottish contexts and in reference to the chiefs of the Scottish clans.
(chiefly Scotland) A landowner, particularly in Scottish contexts.
[Verb]
(transitive, Scotland) Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).

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