After years of loyal stewardship, he was lairded by the clan council in a quiet ceremony.

He couldn't help lairding his new authority, walking the grounds and expecting deference from everyone.

Laird is a surname that appears on many of the old gravestones in the village.

The lairds gathered at the manor to discuss the future of their estates.

Each autumn the elder lairds his favorite steward, granting him the rights and responsibilities of the estate.

The laird of the highland estate welcomed the visitors with a warm smile.

After the promotion he started to laird over the staff, barking orders as if he owned the place.

The bonnet lairds strode through the village square, their tartans flapping in the wind.

At the village fair, the bonnet laird argued passionately that the common pasture should be improved for the benefit of his tenants.