| 单词 | bonnet laird |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbonnet laird bonnet laird n. Scottish a person who owns a small landed estate; a minor freeholder. ΚΠ 1816 W. Scott Antiquary I. iv. 73 It belonged to auld Johnnie Howie, a bonnet-laird here hard by. 1891 ‘H. Haliburton’ Ochil Idylls 147 And, abune a', wi' bannet lairds, The cocks o' the creation. 1927 J. Buchan Witch Wood ii. 46 To their eyes David must have seemed a young farmer or a bonnet-laird on the road from some errand of roystering or sweethearting. 1993 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 28 June 13 I tell myself often how lucky I am to sit here, a bonnet laird and clear of the banker, with wide views over rural Aberdeenshire. < as lemmas |
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