Laird
Scottish estate owner
A laird is a Scottish landowner, particularly one who holds a large estate.
The title sits below the peerage but carries social weight in Scotland, roughly equivalent to an English squire.
A laird traditionally has responsibilities toward tenants and the local community: The laird opened the castle grounds for the village fair.
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
legacy · descent · forebears · bloodline · pedigree · dynasty · succession · primogeniture
One possessing real estate
- estateProperty and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- proprietorBusiness holder
- squireKnight's noble assistant
aristocrat · gentry · nobleman · chieftain · title · rank · peerage · landholder
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- genealogyStudy of family descent
birthright · legacy · descent · forebears · bloodline · pedigree · dynasty · succession · primogeniture · heraldry
landowner
One possessing real estate
- estateProperty and grounds
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- proprietorBusiness holder
squire · aristocrat · gentry · nobleman · chieftain · title · rank · peerage · landholder · master
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
kilt · bagpipes · thistle · heather · croft · bonnet · sporran · cairn · loch · glen
Lairdlandless
Owning no real estate
tenant farmer · dispossessed · homeless · pauper · propertyless
Lairdtenant
One who rents property
crofter · tenant farmer · sharecropper · farm hand · groundskeeper
lord, lords, lordship, lordly, landlord, landlords, overlord, overlords, lordliness