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Definitions and meaning of lord
lord
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Etymology
From Middle Englishlord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old Englishhlāford < hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf(“bread”) + weard(“guardian”); see loaf and ward. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin dominus. Compare Scotslaird(“lord”), preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish Middle Englishlard, laverd), the Old English compound hlāf-ǣta(“servant”, literally “bread-eater”), and modern English lady, from Old English hlǣfdīġe(“bread-kneader”). The Middle English word laford was borrowed by Icelandic, where it survives as lávarður.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /lɔːd/
(General American) IPA(key): /lɔɹd/
Homophone: lored(in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Homophone: laud(in non-rhotic accents)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d
Noun
lord (plurallords)
(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
831, charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts, 445
Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
1480, Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte thar houses.
ante 1637, Ben Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. i. 36
A mightie Lord of Swine!
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
c. 893, Orosius's History, i. i. §13
Ohthere sæde his hlaforde, Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
ante 1420, T. Hoccleve, De Regimine Principum, 442
Men myghten lordis knowe
By there arraye, from oþir folke.
1453, Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord, as Duc, Marques, Erle, Viscount or Baron.
(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
1526, W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection, i. sig. Bviiiv
Farre excellyng the state of lordes, erles, dukes or kynges.
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. aslord of ~)
ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 782
O wityng bath god and ill Ȝee suld be lauerds at ȝour will.
1992 November 18, Larry David, Seinfeld, 4.11: "The Contest":
But are you still master of your domain?
I am king of the county. You?
Lord of the manor.
A magnate of a trade or profession.
The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.
(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
(British, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.
1699, B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew:
Lord, a very crooked, deformed... Person.
(British, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.
Synonyms
(master, owner):drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
lady
Verb
lord (third-person singular simple presentlords, present participlelording, simple past and past participlelorded)
(intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
Synonyms
(made a lord):elevate, ennoble, invest
Derived terms
(act like a lord):lord it over
Translations
References
“lord”, in The Century Dictionary[…], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
“lord”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Faroese
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lɔɻʈ/
Noun
lord
indefinite accusative singular of lordur
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishlord.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈlord]
Hyphenation: lord
Rhymes: -ord
Noun
lord (plurallordok)
an English peer of the realm or nobleman
Declension
References
Further reading
lord in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
From Old Englishhlāford, hlāfweard, in turn from hlāf(“bread, loaf”) + weard(“ward, guardian, keeper”).
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lɔːrd/
(early) IPA(key): /ˈlɔːwərd/, /ˈlɔːvərd/
Noun
lord (plurallordes)
lord (important man)
Lord (title of God)
Derived terms
Descendants
English: lord (see there for further descendants)
Scots: laird
→ English: laird
Yola: loard
→ Icelandic: lávarður(through laverd)
References
“lōrd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Proper noun
lord
(Christianity) Lord: Jesus Christ, God the Son
c.1400, Lay Folks Mass, Bk. App. iii. 125:
Interjection
lord
(originally an invocation)Lord: an interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation
c.1400, Lanfranc of Milan, Practica (trans. as The Science of Chirgurie), 298:
See also
Lord
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishlord, from Middle Englishlord and lorde, from lourde, from lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, lhoaverd, from Old Englishhlāford, from hlāfweard.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: lord
Noun
lordm pers
Lord (aristocratic title for a man)
lord(aristocrat)
lord(titled nobleman)
Declension
Related terms
Further reading
lord in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
lord in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishlord or Frenchlord.
Noun
lordm (plurallorzi)
lord
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishlord.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /lôrd/
Noun
lȍrdm (Cyrillic spellingло̏рд)
lord(British title)
Declension
References
“lord” in Hrvatski jezični portal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishlord.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈloɾd/[ˈloɾð̞]
Rhymes: -oɾd
Syllabification: lord
IPA(key): /ˈloɾ/[ˈloɾ]
Rhymes: -oɾ
Noun
lordm (plurallores)
lord(British title)
Related terms
Further reading
“lord”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Turkish
Alternative forms
lort
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishلورد(lord), from Englishlord, from Middle Englishlord, lorde, from Old Englishhlāford, hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf(“bread”) + weard(“guardian”)