bonnet laird

noun

A petty landowner who wore a bonnet, not the hat of the gentry.

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Meanings

nounbonnet laird (plural bonnet lairds)

plural bonnet lairds

  1. ScotlandhistoricalA petty landowner who wore a bonnet, not the hat of the gentry.
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APA

bonnet laird. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bonnet%20laird

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