The owner of a Scottish estate; a member of the landed gentry, a landowner.
"The local laird hosted a grand dinner for all his tenants at the manor house on New Year's Eve."
Chiefly as laird it over: to behave like a laird, particularly to act haughtily or to domineer; to lord (it over).
"The new manager's habit of interrupting everyone and issuing orders without listening made the whole team feel he was trying to lord it over them."
A surname.
"The local newspaper featured an article about Laird, a prominent real estate developer in the city."