different between landlord vs laird

English

Etymology

From Middle English landlord, landlorde, londe lord, from Old English landhl?ford, equivalent to land +? lord. Cognate with Scots landlaird.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lænd.l??d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?lænd.l??d/

Noun

landlord (plural landlords)

1. A person who owns and rents land such as a house, apartment, or condo.
2. (chiefly Britain) The owner or manager of a public house.
3. (surfing, slang, with "the") A shark, imagined as the owner of the surf to be avoided.
   • publisher's blurb for Stories from the Surf – The Lost Coast by Drew Kampion [1]

     2004: the lurking presence of “The Landlord”

Synonyms

• (person who rents something): lessor
• (owner or manager of a public house): publican

Derived terms

• landlordism
• landlordless

Related terms

• landlady

See also

• lessor
• tenant

Translations

English

Etymology

The noun is borrowed from Scots laird, from northern or Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord. The verb is derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /l??d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /l???d/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /lerd/
• Homophone: laired

Noun

laird (plural lairds)

1. (chiefly Scotland) The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner. [from 14th c.]
2. (chiefly Scotland, historical) Often in the form Laird of, followed by a patronymic: a Scottish clan chief.

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

laird (third-person singular simple present lairds, present participle lairding, simple past and past participle lairded)

1. (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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References

Further reading

• laird on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• LIDAR, drail, larid, liard, lidar

Scots

Etymology

From northern/Scottish Middle English lard, laverd, a variant of lord.

Noun

laird (plural lairds)

1. a lord or land owner