m'lord

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m'lord

/məˈlɔːd/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)d

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Elision of my + lord.

noun m'lords · m'lud · milord

UK, also, historical, humorous, often, in India My Lord (used to address peers temporal, judges, etc). 1986, Ben Elton et al., Blackadder II, 3: "Money" There's a priest wants t'see you, m'lord. Well, tell him I'm Jewish.

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@misc{m_lord_2026,
  title = {m'lord},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/m'lord},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}