LORD
\lˈɔːd], \lˈɔːd], \l_ˈɔː_d]\
Definitions of LORD
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
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A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
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A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
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A husband.
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One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
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The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
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The Savior; Jesus Christ.
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To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
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To rule or preside over as a lord.
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A hump-backed person; - so called sportively.
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To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; - sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
By Oddity Software
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One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
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A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
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A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
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A husband.
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One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
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The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
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The Savior; Jesus Christ.
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To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
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To rule or preside over as a lord.
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A hump-backed person; - so called sportively.
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To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; - sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.
By Noah Webster.
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A ruler or governor; master; one who has supreme power; the owner of a manor; a baron in the British nobility; the son of a duke or marquis; the eldest son of an earl; Lord, a title given to British noblemen and to certain officials; as, the Lord Mayor; the Lord, God; Jehovah; Jesus Christ.
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To rule with a bsolute power; with over or it.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A master: a superior: a husband: a ruler: the proprietor of a manor: a baron: a peer of the realm: the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl: a bishop, esp. if a member of parliament: (B.) the Supreme Being, Jehovah (when printed in capitals).
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To raise to the peerage.
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To act the lord: to tyrannize.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A master; a superior;— a husband;— a ruler; governor; king;— an oppressive ruler; a tyrant;— a proprietor of a manor; peer of the realm; especially, a baron; also a mutual peer or bishop;— by courtesy the son of a duke or msrquis, and the eldest son of an earl the holder of certain high governmental offices, as Chancellor, &c., or of judicial position, as Chief Justice, &c., and of municipal offices, as Mayor, Provost, &c.;— the Supreme Being; Jehovah.
