| Laird (n.) A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. Thesaurus Entries Brahman, archduke, aristocrat, armiger, baron, baronet, beneficiary, blue blood, cestui, cestui que trust, cestui que use, count, daimio, deedholder, duke, earl, esquire, feoffee, feudatory, gentleman, grand duke, grandee, hidalgo, householder, lace-curtain, landgrave, landlady, landlord, lord, lordling, magnate, magnifico, margrave, marquis, master, mesne, mesne lord, mistress, noble, nobleman, optimate, owner, palsgrave, patrician, peer, proprietary, proprietor, proprietress, proprietrix, rentier, seigneur, seignior, silk-stocking, squire, swell, thoroughbred, titleholder, upper-cruster, viscount, waldgrave |