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Definition lord

Etymology

From Middle English lord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old English hl?ford and hl?fweard, a compound of hl?f (“bread, loaf”) + weard (“ward, guardian, keeper”); see loaf and ward. The compound exists in Icelandic as lávarður, related to the Old English hl?f-?ta (“servant”, literally “bread-eater”); it was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin dominus. Compare Scots laird (“lord”), preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish Middle English lard, laverd), and modern English lady, from Old English hl?fd??e (“bread-kneader”).

Noun

lord (plural lords)

1. (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
   1. (archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
   2. (archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
2. One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
   1. (historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
   2. A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
   3. (obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
3. One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
   1. The magnates of a trade or profession
4. (astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
5. (Britain, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.
6. (Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.

Verb

lord (third-person singular simple present lords, present participle lording, simple past and past participle lorded)

1. (intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.
2. (transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

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