His lordly, upright figure has a covering of fat (5)

I believe the answer is:

laird

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'his lordly upright figure has a covering of fat' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

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(Other definitions for laird that I've seen before include "Scot. landowner" , "Scottish estate-owner" , "He's landed in Scotland" , "Estate landowner" , "Scots landowner" .)

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