Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who farms his own property; a yeoman; a freeholder.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Oh! here be the gentleman the captain's brocht hame!" he cried, emphasizing the two words; "as braw a gentleman as eer taen frae pirates, an 'nae doubt sin to ae bien Buckskin bonnet-laird."
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I was unwilling to say a word about it till I had secured the ground, for it belonged to auld Johnnie Howie, a bonnet-laird* hard by, and blessed were the times when thy industry could be so rewarded!
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A bonnet-laird signifies a petty proprietor, wearing the dress, along
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Scott's out-of-doors occupations of that autumn, sufficient light will be thrown on them by the following letter; from which it is seen that he had now completed a rather tedious negotiation with another bonnet-laird, and definitively added the lands of _Kaeside_ to the original estate of Abbotsford.
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Howie, a bonnet-laird* hard by, and many a communing we had before he and
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* A bonnet-laird signifies a petty proprietor, wearing the dress, along with the habits of a yeoman.
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8 A bonnet-laird signifies a petty proprietor, wearing the dress, along with the habits of a yeoman.
hernesheir commented on the word bonnet-laird
Quaintness.
November 4, 2011