Home › Words › L › lairdshiplairdshiplairdship means the state or condition of being a laird.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, lairdship ranks #16,734 of 42,752 for Qualifying.EtymologyBorrowed from Middle Scots lairdschip (modern Scots lairdship), from Early Scots lardschip, from Old English hlāfordsċipe; by surface analysis, laird + -ship and a doublet of lordship.nounThe state or condition of being a laird.e.g.“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.” — 1715, S.R. Crockett, Bog-Myrtle and Peat:The area of land owned by a laird.e.g.“'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?'” — 1874, Edward Bannerman Ramsay, Reminiscences of Scottish Life and Character:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.laird 75% match — A feudal lord in Scottish contexts. vs lairdship →lairdess 71% match — A female laird. vs lairdship →landlordship 67% match — The state of being a landlord vs lairdship →lordliness 64% match — The property of being lordly; the bearing or manner of a lord. vs lairdship →earlship 63% match — The rank or status of earl. vs lairdship →landholdership 63% match — The state of being a landholder. vs lairdship →baronry 63% match — The state or quality of being a baron vs lairdship →lairiness 63% match — The property of being lairy (“grumpy or touchy”). vs lairdship →