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House of Lords

proper noun the House of Lords

The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament. He has just become Lord Hendy, and will take his place in the House of Lords on December 12. He will be a Crossbencher, which means he will not represent a political party.
Similar: Gilded Chamber

noun Houses of Lords

UK, dated, euphemistic, humorous, slang A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. In between you have the Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’ or ‘When you need the House of Lords, it's through there.’
Similar: big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny, head, highway to hell, jacks, jakes
Scotland, euphemistic, humorous, slang, uncommon A urinal.

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name upper chamber of UK parliament

Español	Cámara de los Lores
한국어	상원 sang'won, 귀족원 gwijogwon
日本語	貴族院 gizokuin, 上院 jōin
中文	上議院 /上议院 shàngyìyuàn
हिन्दी	लार्ड सभा lārḍ sabhā
Português	Câmara dos Lordes
Français	Chambre des Lords
Deutsch	Oberhaus, House of Lords, Haus der Lords
Italiano	Camera dei lord
Ελληνικά	Βουλή των Λόρδων Voulí ton Lórdon
Русский	пала́та ло́рдов paláta lórdov
Tiếng Việt	thượng nghị viện, thượng viện
العربية	مَجْلِس لُورْدَات majlis lordāt

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@misc{house_of_lords_2026,
  title = {House of Lords},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/house%20of%20lords},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}