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English
Etymology
From laird + -ship.
Noun
lairdship (countable and uncountable, plural lairdships)
- (Scotland) The state or condition of being a laird.
1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat:He would as soon have thought of wearing a white linen shirt or having the lairdship of a barony, as of getting ham to his breakfast.
1855, Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham, The Complete Works of Robert Burns= Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence.:II. I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought; But man is a sodger, and life is a faught: My mirth and guid humour are coin in my pouch, And my freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch.
1918, Mary Johnston, Foes:They talked of affairs, particular and general, of Ian's late proceedings and the lairdship of Alexander, of men and places that they knew away from this countryside.
- The area of land owned by a laird.
1874, Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:'Laird,' said she (for so she always called him, though his lairdship was of the smallest), 'will ye tell them to bury me whaur I'll lie across at your feet?'