lordless
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lordless
Where it comes from
From Middle English lordles, loverdles, from Old English hlāfordlēas, equivalent to lord + -less.
adjective
- Without a lord. […] whose sons, from days long before the Conquest, have always desired to go to sea when the cuckoo sang, and to come home again when they were tired of the hail and salt showers, because they could not bear to be landless and lordless men.
Talk about this word "lordless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/lordless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. lordless. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/lordless "lordless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/lordless.Cite this
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title = {lordless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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