Blackadder vocabulary

1 English vocabulary words more prevalent in Scotland

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laird
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laird

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a generic name for the owner of a large, long-established Scottish estate, roughly equivalent to an esquire in England, yet ranking above the same in Scotland. In the Scottish order of precedence, a laird ranks below a baron and above a gentleman.

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A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]

Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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He told us the story of Mary Grant, daughter of the laird of Urquhart Castle, and her lover, Donald Donn, poet son of MacDonald of Bohuntin.

Diana Gabaldon. Outlander (1991)
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Blackadder: [...] Oh my God, this Scotsman's beginning to annoy me already. I'm the Duke of Edinburgh, you know - and Laird of Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles! I can make things very difficult for him. As for these entertainments, oh, I don't know. Baldrick, you've got a beard; go and get yourself a nice dress.

BBC. Blackadder Season 1, episode 2: Born to be King
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A sprightly tailor was employed by the great Macdonald, in his castle at Saddell, in order to make the laird a pair of trews, used in olden time. And trews being the vest and breeches united in one piece, and ornamented with fringes, were very comfortable, and suitable to be worn in walking or dancing.

Joseph Jacobs. Celtic Fairy Tales: The Sprightly Tailor (1861)
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