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单词 my lord
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my lordv.

Brit. /mʌɪ ˈlɔːd/, U.S. /ˌmaɪ ˈlɔrd/
Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: my Lord at lord n. 10a
Etymology: < my Lord at lord n. 10a.
transitive. To address (a man) as ‘my Lord’.
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1801 H. L. Piozzi Retrospection I. i. 35 Pliny tires one with My Lording Trajan.
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. vi. 86/2 Who ever saw any Lord my-lorded in tattered blanket, fastened with wooden skewer?
1868 E. Yates Rock Ahead II. i. viii. 42 His tenant..would..‘My lord’ him until the wine had done its work.
1929 Canton (Ohio) Daily News 9 June Huh, should've my-lorded me if you wanted any service!
1970 B. Marshall Bishop i. 10 The Bishop didn't like being my-Lorded too often.
2011 K. MacAlister Much Ado About Vampires ii. 26 You and that big chick were ‘my lording’ him all over the place.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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my Lord
a. my Lord. N.E.D. (1903) states that this is ‘usually pronounced (milǭ·ɹd) /mɪˈlɔːd/’; this is now restricted to ceremonial and very formal use.
(a) Used when speaking respectfully of or to a man who is of high rank, esp. a member of the nobility, a king, or a bishop. Sometimes with of and territorial designation. See sense A. 5; cf. my lord v. Now chiefly archaic.See note at sense A. 8a.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun]
yea1225
my Lordc1300
seigniorc1330
squire1382
noblessec1390
lordship1394
grace1423
gentlenessc1425
magnificencec1425
noblenessc1425
greatness1473
worshipc1475
your mightinessa1500
excellency?1533
celsitude1535
altitude1543
Your Honour1551
sublimity1553
excellencea1592
captal1592
gentleperson1597
clemencya1600
gravity1618
grace1625
grandeur1632
eximiousness1648
professorship1656
prince1677
excellenceshipc1716
Graceship1804
seigniorship1823
valiancy1828
your seignorie1829
society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > judge > [noun] > form of address to
my Lordc1300
worshipc1475
Mr Justice1596
justiceship1637
Lord Chief Justiceship1752
Your Honour1832
lud1878
Mrs Justice1903
Madam Justice1957
c1300 (?c1225) King Horn (Cambr.) (1901) l. 437 Help me to kniȝte Bi al þine miȝte, To my lord þe king, Þat he me ȝiue dubbing.
c1330 (?c1300) Amis & Amiloun (Auch.) (1937) 1228Mi lord þe douke,’ he seyd anon, ‘For schame lete þo leuedis gon.’
1395 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 7 To praye diuine seruice for my lordes soule Sir Thomas West.
a1438 Bk. Margery Kempe (1940) i. 1330 (MED) Sche seyde to þe Erchebischop, ‘My Lord..ȝyf it lyke ȝow, I wyl gon ageyn to hir.’
1482 in J. P. Collier Househ. Bks. John Duke of Norfolk & Thomas Earl of Surrey (1844) 321 The same day, my Lord rekened with his lokyer.
1543 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1844) I. 190 My lord, we recommend our hartlie and humil seruice vnto your lordschip.
1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 95 My Lord of Leycester is verie well knowen, to haue no title to the Crown.
1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 i. iii. 64 This bald vnioynted chat of his (my Lord) I answered indirectly. View more context for this quotation
1637 T. Heywood Royall King v. sig. Iivv You my Lord of Chester appeare shallow, To thinke my actions can disgrace the Kings.
1684 Lady Russell Let. 20 Apr. (1773) 17 I hear my Lord Gainsborough and my Lady will be shortly at Chilten.
1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews I. Pref. p. viii I apprehend, my Lord Shaftesbury's Opinion of mere Burlesque agrees with mine. View more context for this quotation
1766 G. Colman & D. Garrick Clandestine Marriage v. i. 85 Your nephew, my Lord, has been plotting to run away with the younger sister.
1812 Examiner 23 Nov. 737/1 What [is there] in my Lord Eldon but a lachrymose impotence?
1870 C. Dickens Edwin Drood iv. 21 Mr. Sapsea has even been spoken to in the street as My Lord, under the impression that he was the Bishop.
1903 Wide World Mag. Aug. 401/1 ‘It is well, my lord!’ retorted the minx. ‘I have a wish to see a sahib somewhat closer.’
1994 S. Robinson Lady Dangerous ii. 17 I may store these away along with our other American accoutrements, my lord?
(b) As an honorific title used when speaking of or to a bishop. With of and territorial designation. Cf. my lord v. Now archaic and rare.
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c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 230 (MED) The mater was put to my Lorde of London.
1561 Stanford Churchwardens' Accts. in Antiquary (1888) 17 168/1 At my lorde of Sarums commandment.
1640 E. Pagitt Christianographie (ed. 3) xvi. 199 A petition to my Lords Grace of Canterbury.
1709 W. Nelson Rights Clergy Great Brit. 174 My Lord of Sarum..makes it a Doubt whether the Clergy were ever in Possession of any Right to be chosen Members of Parliament.
1751 T. Secker Let. 26 July in Corr. (1991) 212 If my Lord of Lincoln will endeavour..to prevail with his Dean & Chapter to come onto this method, he will perform a Brotherly part.
1874 Catholic Progress Feb. 57/1 My lord of Lincoln, was far more sumptuous in his profusion than his episcopal brother of Chichester.
1953 C. A. Brady Stage of Fools xvii. 297 What grieved More most of all..was the way in which..my Lord of Durham, Cuthbert Dunstall, acceded to the royal fiat.
(c) Used when speaking respectfully of or to a judge in court. Cf. my lord v.The clipped or affected pronunciation associated with this use is sometimes represented by the spelling my Lud or m'lud (see lud n.2 2, m'lud n.).
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1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 90/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I Sir Iohn Alen spake to the Lorde Iustice these woordes. My Lorde, your house giueth the Marmoset.
1699 Tryal Spencer Cowper 43 Sir, please to give my Lord and the Court an account what you know of me.
1794 Def. Joseph Gerrald 1 My Lord, I object to Mr. William Creech.
1859 Solicitor's Jrnl. & Reporter 5 Feb. 246/1 My Lord, there is something singularly interesting in the contemplation of the judicial system of this ancient kingdom.
1905 Rex v. Russell 34 I submit, my lord,..that this is a scandalous case of libel.
1962 B. Rathbone In & Out of Char. vii. 107 My lord, Mr. Miller brought me from London to play in this play.
2014 Guardian (Nexis) 17 Nov. My Lord, I did not say those words. I would never call a policeman a pleb.
(d) As a respectful form of address used when speaking to an officer or dignitary such as a Lord Mayor, Lord Chancellor, Lord Advocate, etc. Now rare.
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1621 Jrnl. 15 Mar. in Commons Debates 1621 (1935) II. (modernized text) 224 They took the money of him and carried it in to my Lord Chancellor and came out to him again saying that my Lord was thankful.
1642 R. Quatermayne Conquest over Canterburies Court 37 Then said I to my Lord Major, my Lord,..my presence shall not be hurtfull to you.
1703 Ld. Belhaven's Speech 2 These, My Lord, are our present Circumstances.
1777 H. Arnot Let. to Lord Advocate of Scotl. 8 My Lord, you are a Lawyer, and understand the doctrine of compensation.
1832 Let. to Lord Provost 26 My Lord, I plead the cause of this ignorant and degraded, and wicked portion of the community.
1893 A. Gordon Earl of Aberdeen viii. 191 The minister..turned to the loft in which ‘my Lord’ was seated, and made a low bow.
2008 Kamloops (Brit. Columbia) Daily News (Nexis) 6 Dec. a7My Lord!’ I exclaimed [to Mayor Terry Lake], ‘if a councillor can't learn the ropes in a year, why would we want him around.’
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