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L0250800 (lôrd)n.1. A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially:a. A king.b. A territorial magnate.c. The proprietor of a manor.2. Lords The House of Lords.3. Abbr. Ld. Chiefly British The general masculine title of nobility and other rank:a. Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount.b. Used as the usual style for a baron.c. Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis.d. Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries: Lord Chamberlain; the Lord Mayor of London.e. Used as a title for a bishop.4. Lorda. God.b. Christianity Jesus.5. a. A man of renowned power or authority.b. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.c. Archaic The male head of a household.d. Archaic A husband.v. lord·ed, lord·ing, lords v.tr. To insist upon or boast about so as to act in a domineering or superior manner: "He had lorded over her his self-proclaimed spiritual and poetic superiority" (David Leavitt).v.intr.1. To act in a domineering or superior manner: an upperclassman lording over the younger students.2. To have a prominent or dominating position: The castle lords over the valley.3. To rule over: lorded over a vast empire.Idiom: lord it over To act in a domineering or superior manner toward: "She's lorded it over me all our adult lives because she went to college" (Jane Stevenson).

[Middle English, from Old English hlāford : hlāf, loaf; see loaf + weard, guardian; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

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(lɔːdz) n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the Lords short for House of Lords

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