lord

noun lords

1. obsolete The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor Bleſſed is that ſeruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, ſhal finde ſo doing.
2. archaic, obsolete The male head of a household, a father or husband. […]thou worthie Lord, Of that vnworthie wife that greeteth thee
3. archaic, obsolete The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession A mightie Lord of Swine!

   Similar: drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign

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) It is a pytuouse case... whan subjectes rebell agaynst their naturall lorde.
5. historical A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
6. A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one Men myghten lordis knowe
7. obsolete, uncommon A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones 1526, W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection, i. sig. Bviiiv Farre excellyng the state of lordes, erles, dukes or kynges.
8. One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~) O wityng bath god and ill Ȝee suld be lauerds at ȝour will.
9. A magnate of a trade or profession. The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.
10. The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc. The assendent, & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan þat no wykkid planete, as Saturne or Mars, or elles the tail of the dragoun, is in þe hows of the assendent.
11. UK, obsolete, slang A hunchback. Lord, a very crooked, deformed... Person.
12. Australia, UK, obsolete Sixpence. Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.

verb lords · lording · lorded

1. ambitransitive To domineer or act like a lord. The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.
2. transitive To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord. 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

Similar: elevate, ennoble, invest

proper noun Lords

1. countable, uncountable The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths. The breath of worldly men cannot depose The Deputie elected by the Lord ...
2. Judaism, countable, uncountable The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.

   Similar: Allah, Jehovah

3. countable, uncountable God the Father; the Godhead. Some trust in charets, and some in horses: but wee will remember the Name of the Lord our God.
4. countable, uncountable Jesus Christ, God the Son. Therfore I doe you to vnderſtand that no má ſpeaking in the Spirit of God, ſaith anáthema to IESVS. And no man can ſay, Our Lord IESVS: but in the holy Ghoſt.
5. countable, uncountable Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper. ...and our Lord [the Horned God] as Master, Father, and Sage.
6. countable, uncountable An English surname transferred from the nickname, originally a nickname for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's household. Founded by school friends Sir Peter Lord and Sir David Sproxton in 1976, Aardman has given us Morph, Wallace and Gromit, Shaun the Sheep and Chicken Run, the world's most successful stop-motion film.

interjection

1. An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation. O Lord I must laugh.

noun Lords

1. A formal title of the lesser British nobility, used for a lord of the manor or Lord Proprietor.
2. A generic title used in reference to any peer of the British nobility or any peer below the dignity of duke and (as a courtesy title) for the younger sons of dukes and marquesses (see usage note). How do you do, Lord Darlington?
3. Similar formal and generic titles in other countries.
4. An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth
5. The elected president of a festival.
6. A high priest.

proper noun

1. Typographical variant of Lord, particularly in English translations of the Bible. O Lord our Lord [translating יְהוָ֤ה אֲדֹנֵ֗ינוּ (y'hvh 'adonéinu)], how meruelous is thy name in the whole earth! Becauſe thy magnificence is eleuated, aboue the heauens.