cock-lairdn.

Brit.

/ˈkɒklɛːd/, U.S.

/ˈkɑkˌlɛrd/, Scottish English

/ˈkɔklerd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, laird n.

Etymology: < cock n.¹ + laird n., the landholder's relationship to his land perhaps being likened to a cockerel's possession of its dunghill (compare cock of the dunghill at dunghill n. and adj. Phrases 3).

Scottish colloquial. Now rare.

A man who owns a small estate and cultivates it himself.

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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > squire or laird > petty squire

squireling1682

cock-laird1721

squireen1812

squirelet1832

squiret1838

1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 362 You breed of Water Kail, and cock Lairds, you need mickle Service.

1758 ‘Claudero’ Poems Sundry Occasions 18 In the Country he's rever'd By every Rustic, and Cock-laird, Whom he doth treat with Art and Skill.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality Concl., in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 344 Niel Blane..died worth as much money as married Jenny to a cock laird.

1837 Sc. Monthly Mag. Jan. 116 The young varlet you are pleased to inquire after is the son of a cock-laird near Bucklyvie.

1936 Scotsman 9 Oct. 20/4 I was not surprised to learn that it had been originally the house of a ‘peerie laird’, or what they call on the mainland a bonnet-laird or cock-laird.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	cock-laird
释义	cock-lairdn. Brit. /ˈkɒklɛːd/, U.S. /ˈkɑkˌlɛrd/, Scottish English /ˈkɔklerd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: cock n.¹, laird n. Etymology: < cock n.¹ + laird n., the landholder's relationship to his land perhaps being likened to a cockerel's possession of its dunghill (compare cock of the dunghill at dunghill n. and adj. Phrases 3). Scottish colloquial. Now rare. A man who owns a small estate and cultivates it himself. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > aristocracy or upper class > gentry > [noun] > squire or laird > petty squire squireling1682 cock-laird1721 squireen1812 squirelet1832 squiret1838 1721 J. Kelly Compl. Coll. Scotish Prov. 362 You breed of Water Kail, and cock Lairds, you need mickle Service. 1758 ‘Claudero’ Poems Sundry Occasions 18 In the Country he's rever'd By every Rustic, and Cock-laird, Whom he doth treat with Art and Skill. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality Concl., in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 344 Niel Blane..died worth as much money as married Jenny to a cock laird. 1837 Sc. Monthly Mag. Jan. 116 The young varlet you are pleased to inquire after is the son of a cock-laird near Bucklyvie. 1936 Scotsman 9 Oct. 20/4 I was not surprised to learn that it had been originally the house of a ‘peerie laird’, or what they call on the mainland a bonnet-laird or cock-laird. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1721
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