lord

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/lɔːd/]

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1. lord (noun) — sense 1

Definition: The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor

Example: Bleſſed is that ſeruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, ſhal finde ſo doing.

2. lord (noun) — sense 2

Definition: The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor: The male head of a household, a father or husband.

Example: […]thou worthie Lord,
Of that vnworthie wife that greeteth thee

3. lord (noun) — sense 3

Definition: The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor: The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

Example: A mightie Lord of Swine!

4. lord (verb) — sense 4

Definition: To domineer or act like a lord.

Example: The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.

5. lord (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

Example: He being thus lorded / Not only with what my revenue yielded, / But what my power might else exact, […] / he did believe / He was indeed the Duke

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