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Lord

lɔːd

Lord definitions

noun

Inflections:

lord lords

a man of noble rank or high office; a nobleman

"lords and ladies were entertained here"

Synonyms:
noble nobleman peer aristocrat patrician grandee
- (in the UK) a title given formally to a baron, and less formally to a marquess, earl, or viscount (prefixed to a family or territorial name)
  
  "Lord Derby"
- (in the UK) the House of Lords, or its members collectively
- (in the UK) a courtesy title given to a younger son of a duke or marquess (prefixed to a Christian name)
  
  "Lord John Russell"
- used in compound titles of other people of authority
  
  "Lord High Executioner"
- a feudal superior, especially the owner of a manor house
- a master or ruler
  
  "our lord the king"
- a name for God or Christ
  
  "give thanks to the Lord"

interjection

used in exclamations expressing surprise or worry, or for emphasis

"Lord, I'm cold!"

verb

Inflections:

lord lorded lording lords

act in a superior and domineering manner towards (someone)

"when we were at school, you used to lord it over us"

Synonyms:
order about order around boss about boss around give orders to domineer dominate dictate to pull rank on tyrannize bully browbeat oppress repress ride roughshod over have under one's thumb
confer the title of Lord upon

"Sir Cadwallader Pleadwell has been lately lorded"