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lord Definition

lord (lôrd)

noun

  1. a person having great power and authority; ruler; master
  2. the owner and head of a feudal estate
  3. one's husband: now humorous
    1. God: with the except in direct address
    2. Jesus Christ: often with Our
  5. in Great Britain
    1. a nobleman holding the rank of baron, viscount, earl, or marquess; member of the House of Lords
    2. a man who by courtesy or because of his office is given the title of Lord, as a bishop, a younger son of a duke or marquess, or a Lord Mayor
  6. in Great Britain, the title of a lord, variously used: as Earl of Leicester, John Doe would be called Lord Leicester; as a baron, John, Lord Doe; as a younger son of a marquess or duke, Lord John Doe
  7. this title as a form of address for a judge, bishop, or nobleman: preceded by My

Etymology: ME < OE hlaford < earlier hlafweard < hlaf (see loaf) + weard (see ward): basic sense—“loaf keeper” (i.e., one who feeds dependents): some senses infl. by use as transl. of L dominus

used to express surprise or irritation

intransitive verb

to act like a lord; rule: chiefly in the phrase lord it (over), to act in an overbearing, dictatorial manner (toward)

transitive verb

Now Rare to make a lord of

lord Idioms

the Lords

the House of Lords in the British Parliament

Lord Synonyms

Lord

n.

Divinity, the Supreme Being, Jehovah; see God 2, 3, 4.

lord Synonyms

lord

n.

  1. A master

    ruler, governor, prince; see master 1.

  2. A member of the nobility

    peer, nobleman, count, don, patrician, hidalgo, grandee, seigneur, magnate, titled person; see also aristocrat, royalty.

    Titles of nobility called lords include: duke, grand duke, archduke, marquis, marquess, earl, count, viscount, baron, baronet, bishop, Scottish Lord of Session, margrave.

lord Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • manor: In 1348, the lord of the manor drew 30 s.
  • ascendant: For example, if the ascendant is in Capricorn, then Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, is lord of the ascendant.
  • host: The LORD of hosts, he is the King of glory!
  • underworld: Albrecht Playfully known as lord of the underworld for his associations with mining but more a dwarven God of mountains and hard labor.
  • treasury: Wellington was sworn in as home secretary on 17 November, and was also appointed first lord of the treasury.

Converse of object

  • praise: Ted: Dougal, you know you can praise the lord with sleep.
  • say: Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.

Adjective modifier

  • feudal: The passages tend toward the more mundane business of being a feudal lord.
  • liege: In the case of the king of England, for his lands in France, the king of France was his liege lord.
  • manorial: The donor might be a manorial lord or wealthy burgess.
  • noble: I'm sure it was only modesty which prevented the noble lord himself from mentioning it.
  • Anglo-Irish: He then recruited an army, with the backing of many prominent Anglo-Irish lords, which then sailed for England.

Modifies a noun

  • chancellor: Or, to be more precise, by one minister, the lord chancellor.
  • lieutenant: On 25 June he asked the new lord lieutenant, Lord Camden, to appoint him to the revenue or treasury board.
  • provost: To Glasgow City Council and Alex Mosson, the lord provost, I say that they should get it right this time.
  • mayor: His son John, who was four times lord mayor of London ( fn.
  • chamberlain: The present Duke of Devonshire being lord chamberlain, they devolved to him in right of his office.
  • kelvin: Scandals and scams as a public the pressure and as lord kelvin.

Noun used with modifier

  • marcher: Here iron was forged to arm the soldiers of the marcher lords.
  • O: Mine, O thou lord of life, send my roots rain.