lord

  • 81lord of the harbour — lord (2) …

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  • 82Lord’s — a famous English cricket ground in St John’s Wood, north London, where test matches (= international games) are regularly played. It is named after Thomas Lord (1755–1832), who established the ground in 1814. The MCC and the England and Wales… …

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  • 83lord — 1. noun /lɔːd/ a) A person having formal authority over others, a ruler. b) A person enjoying great respect in a community. Syn: possessor, proprietor, sovereign 2. verb …

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  • 84LORD — noun typographical variant of Lord in some Bible translations …

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  • 85Lord — Today a title of rank, but originally a description of function, as well as status. The lord was head of a household for which he provided sustenance, receiving service in return. [< OldEngl. hlaf = loaf, bread + weard = protection, guardian]… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 86lord — (lor ; le d ne se lie jamais : un lor anglais ; l s ne se lie pas : les lor anglais ; cependant quelques uns la lient : les lor z anglais) s. m. Titre d honneur usité en Angleterre et qui signifie seigneur.    Le féminin est lady (prononcé lédi) …

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  • 87lord — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. director; nobleman, aristocrat; God. See nobility, deity. Ant., serf, peasant. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A master] Syn. ruler, governor, prince; see master 1 . 2. [A member of the nobility] Syn. peer,… …

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  • 88lord — [OE] It is a measure of the centrality of bread to human society that the word lord denotes etymologically ‘guardian of the loaf’. It goes back to a primitive Old English *khlaibward, a compound formed from *khlaib ‘loaf’ and *ward ‘guardian,… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 89lord — lÉ”rd /lɔːd n. master, ruler; one who owns land; very influential person; nobleman, aristocrat v. rule, control; be arrogant; act like a lord …

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  • 90lord — noun 1) lords and ladies Syn: noble, nobleman, peer, aristocrat 2) it is my duty to obey my lord s wishes Syn: master, ruler, leader, chief, superior, monarch, sovereign …

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