laird
C21205
concept
A laird is a Scottish landowner, often of a rural estate, who holds local social status and traditional responsibilities without necessarily possessing a formal noble title.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| laird canonical | 8 |
| laird-like figure | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: laird
Generated description
A laird is a Scottish landowner, often of a rural estate, who holds local social status and traditional responsibilities without necessarily possessing a formal noble title.
Instances (9)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| James Carnegie of Balnamoon | — |
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James Clerk Maxwell’s father John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie
surface form:
John Clerk-Maxwell of Middlebie
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— |
| Sir John Scott of Scotstarvit | — |
| Sir William Worthy | laird-like figure |
| Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromarty | — |
| Sir John Drummond of Stobhall | — |
| William Drummond of Hawthornden | — |
| Alexander Boswell, Lord Auchinleck | — |
| George Houston of Johnstone | — |