Without a lord, esp. without a ruler or master. Also (of a woman): without a husband (cf. lord, n. 4). In later use somewhat archaic.
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| 释义 | society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > without a husband (6) lordlessOE Without a lord, esp. without a ruler or master. Also (of a woman): without a husband (cf. lord, n. 4). In later use somewhat archaic. sole1464 Having no husband or wife; single, unmarried; †celibate. Chiefly in legal use and frequently of… Attributive, or placed immediately after the noun… uncovert1485 = discovert, adj. lone1548 Unmarried; single or widowed. Now only of women, with mock-pathetic reference to sense 1. discovert1632 Law. Of a woman: not covert (covert, adj. 4); having no husband. Cf. sole, adj. 1. Now rare. unhusbanded1797 Not provided with a husband. |
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