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Laird (earlier lard) is the now-standard Scots pronunciation (and phonetic spelling) of the word that is pronounced and spelled in standard English as lord. [3] As can be seen in the Middle English version of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, [4] specifically in the Reeve's Tale, Northern Middle English had a where Southern Middle English had o, a difference still found in standard English two and ...
Oak-leaves appear on a stone carving of the 12th laird's heraldic mantling of 1634. [257] Moncur [4] Chief: none, armigerous clan: Monteith [4] Chief: none, armigerous clan: Montgomery: Crest: A lady dressed in ancient apparel azure holding in her dexter hand an anchor and in her sinister hand the head of a savage couped suspended by the hair ...
Laird is a surname and a Scottish title. Notable persons with that surname include: Alexander Laird (1797–1873), Scottish-Canadian farmer and politician;
The Scottish title Laird is a shortened form of 'laverd' which is an old Scottish word deriving from an Anglo-Saxon term meaning 'Lord' and is also derived from the middle English word 'Lard' also meaning 'Lord'.
Laird is a courtesy title for the owners of some long-established Scottish estates; the title is attached to the estate, not to the family of the owner. Traditionally, a laird is formally styled in the manner evident on the 1730 tombstone in a Scottish kirkyard (churchyard). It reads: "The Much Honoured John Grant Laird of
Below these were the lairds, roughly equivalent to the English gentlemen. [49] Most were in some sense in the service of the major nobility, either in terms of landholding or military obligations, [49] roughly half sharing with them their name and a distant and often uncertain form of kinship. [51]
The chief of a Highland clan could be referred to as the 'Laird of', meaning the head of the clan (a patrimonial title), [62] e.g. Laird of Buchanan. The title 'of that Ilk' was historically used by both Highland and Lowland clans to indicate head or chiefship (again a patrimonial title), e.g. Buchanan of that Ilk.
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