laird

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

laird
    n 1: a landowner

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Laird \Laird\ (l[^a]rd), n. [See {Lord}.]
   A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the
   crown. [Scot.]
   [1913 Webster]

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Laird, CO
  Zip code(s): 80758

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

60 Moby Thesaurus words for "laird":
      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