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lord

Pronunciation: /lɔːd/

The English word “lord” has 14 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
  2. The male head of a household, a father or husband.
  3. The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
  4. 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)
  5. A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
  6. A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
  7. A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
  8. One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
  9. A magnate of a trade or profession.
  10. The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
  11. A hunchback.
  12. Sixpence.

verb

  1. To domineer or act like a lord.
  2. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of 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 hlāford < hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf (“bread”) + weard (“guardian”); see loaf and ward. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary…

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