acred

[ ey-kerd ]

adjective

1. owning many acres of land; landed.

acred

/ ˈeɪkəd /

adjective

1. usually in combination having acres of land

   a well-acred nobleman

   a many-acred farm

Word History and Origins

Origin of acred¹

First recorded in 1835–45; acre + -ed ³

Example Sentences

“I know it was hard. Life’s not always wonderful. They always stayed together,” daughter Barbara Acred said.

From Washington Times

Greenaway was violent, and rather disposed to give an "exemplary" sentence; Wiseman was contemptuously indifferent, as became a big acred man and the husband of a woman with a handle to her name; and Parson Codling was unctuously severe.

From Project Gutenberg

Thieves! ye acred loon!" exclaimed the Faa king, starting to his feet, and drawing himself up to his full height—"wha does the worm that burrows in the lands o' Clennel ca' thieves?

From Project Gutenberg

It was a costly day’s journey to ride through the domain of a lord abbot or an acred baron. 

From Project Gutenberg

I remember how the Spring,   Liberal-lapped, bewildered its Acred orchards, murmuring,   Kissed to blossom; budded bits Where the wood-thrush came to sing.

From Project Gutenberg