Lord

[lɔːd] or [lɔrd]

Definition

(noun.) a titled peer of the realm.

(verb.) make a lord of someone.

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Definition

(n.) A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.

(n.) One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.

(n.) A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.

(n.) A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.

(n.) A husband.

(n.) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

(n.) The Supreme Being; Jehovah.

(n.) The Savior; Jesus Christ.

(v. t.) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.

(v. t.) To rule or preside over as a lord.

(v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.

Checker: Valerie

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Master, ruler, governor, sovereign, king.[2]. Noble, nobleman, peer.[3]. Husband.[4]. God, Jehovah.

Edited by Georgina

Definition

n. a master: a superior: a husband: a ruler: the proprietor of a manor: a baron: a peer of the realm: the son of a duke or marquis or the eldest son of an earl: a bishop esp. if a member of parliament: (B.) the Supreme Being Jehovah (when printed in capitals): a name also applied to Christ.—v.t. to raise to the peerage.—v.i. to act the lord: to tyrannise.—ns. Lord′liness; Lord′ling a little lord: a would-be lord—also Lord′ing Lord′kin.—adj. Lord′ly like becoming or pertaining to a lord: dignified: haughty: tyrannical—also adv.ns. Lordol′atry excessive worship of nobility; Lords′-and-lā′dies a popular name for the common arum (q.v.); Lord's′-day the first day of the week; Lord′ship state or condition of being a lord: the territory belonging to a lord: dominion: authority; Lord's′-sup′per the sacrament of the communion instituted at our Lord's last supper.—Lord-lieutenant of a county (see Lieutenant); Lord-lieutenant Of Ireland a viceroy or deputy of the sovereign to whom the government of Ireland is nominally committed; Lord of misrule (see Misrule); Lords of Session the judges of the Scotch Court of Session; Lords Ordinary the five judges forming the outer house of the Court of Session; Lords spiritual the archbishops and bishops in the House of Lords—opp. to Lords temporal the peers proper.—House of Lords the upper house in the two branches of the British parliament consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal.

Checker: Wade

Unserious Contents or Definition

n. In American society an English tourist above the state of a costermonger as lord 'Aberdasher Lord Hartisan and so forth. The traveling Briton of lesser degree is addressed as 'Sir as, Sir 'Arry Donkiboi, or 'Amstead 'Eath. The word Lord ' is sometimes used also as a title of the Supreme Being; but this is thought to be rather flattery than true reverence.

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