laird

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English - Turkish
emlak sahibi
mülk sahibi
(isim) toprak sahibi [İsk.]
toprak sahip
{i} toprak sahibi [İsk.]
toprak sahibi
English - English
The owner of a Scottish estate; a landlord
{n} a Scotch lord or proprietor of a manor
A laird is someone who owns a large area of land in Scotland. The owner of a landed estate. a person who owns a very large area of land in Scotland squire 1 (lord). Borden Sir Robert Laird Vallandigham Clement Laird Lawrence John Laird Mair
{i} owner of an estate (Scottish)
one who holds land directly of the crown
A lord; a landholder, esp
a landowner

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Clement Laird Vallandigham
v. born July 29, 1820, Lisbon, Ohio, U.S. died June 17, 1871, Lebanon, Ohio U.S. politician. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives (1857-63), where he became a leader of the antiwar Copperheads and the secret Knights of the Golden Circle (later Sons of Liberty). As a result of his vociferous criticism of Pres. Abraham Lincoln's administration and its pursuit of the American Civil War, he was arrested and found guilty of treasonable sentiments (1863) and was sentenced to exile in the South. He soon made his way to Canada and later illegally to Ohio. While in Canada he was nominated for governor by the Ohio Peace Democrats, but he was easily defeated. He later criticized the Reconstruction policy of the Republicans as both unconstitutional and tyrannical
John Laird Mair Lawrence
later Baron Lawrence (of the Punjab and of Grately) born March 4, 1811, Richmond, Yorkshire, Eng. died June 27, 1879, London British viceroy and governor-general of India (1864-69). He worked in Delhi as an assistant judge, magistrate, and tax collector. After the First Sikh War (1845-46) he was made commissioner of the newly annexed district of Jullundur, where he subdued the hill chiefs, established courts and police posts, and curbed female infanticide and suttee. On the Punjab board of administration he abolished internal duties, introduced a uniform currency, and encouraged road and canal construction. As viceroy and governor-general from 1864, he promoted increased educational opportunities for Indians but resisted their appointment to high civil-service posts. He avoided entanglements in the affairs of Arabia, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan
Sir Robert Laird Borden
born June 26, 1854, Grand Pré, Nova Scotia died June 10, 1937, Ottawa, Ont., Can. Prime minister of Canada (1911-20). He practiced law in Halifax, Nova Scotia, from 1874 and later founded one of the largest law firms in the Maritime Provinces. In 1896 he was elected to the Canadian House of Commons; he became leader of the Conservative Party in 1901. As prime minister, he implemented conscription in World War I and represented Canada in Britain's imperial war cabinet. He insisted on separate Canadian membership in the League of Nations, which helped transform Canada from a colony to an independent country
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