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lord       (lôrd)  Pronunciation Key  n.   A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially: A king. A territorial magnate. The proprietor of a manor. Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount. Used as the usual style for a baron. Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis. Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries: Lord Chamberlain; the Lord Mayor of London. Used as a title for a bishop. God. Christianity Jesus. A man of renowned power or authority. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity. Archaic The male head of a household. Archaic A husband. Lords The House of Lords. Abbr. Ld. Chiefly British The general masculine title of nobility and other rank: Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount. Used as the usual style for a baron. Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis. Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries: Lord Chamberlain; the Lord Mayor of London. Used as a title for a bishop. God. Christianity Jesus. A man of renowned power or authority. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity. Archaic The male head of a household. Archaic A husband. Lord God. Christianity Jesus. A man of renowned power or authority. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity. Archaic The male head of a household. Archaic A husband. A man of renowned power or authority. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity. Archaic The male head of a household. Archaic A husband. intr.v.   lord·ed, lord·ing, lords To act like a lord; domineer. Often used with the indefinite it: lorded it over their subordinates. [Middle English, from Old English hlāford : hlāf, bread + weard, guardian; see wer-3 in Indo-European roots.]

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lord
noun
1.	terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God [syn: Godhead]
2.	a person who has general authority over others [syn: overlord]
3.	a titled peer of the realm [ant: lady]
verb
1.	make a lord of someone

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In addition to the idiom beginning with lord, also see drunk as a lord.

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La"dy\, n.; pl. Ladies. [OE. ladi, l[ae]fdi, AS. hl?fdige, hl?fdie; AS. hl[=a]f loaf + a root of uncertain origin, possibly akin to E. dairy. See Loaf, and cf. Lord.]

1. A woman who looks after the domestic affairs of a family; a mistress; the female head of a household.

Agar, the handmaiden of Sara, whence comest thou, and whither goest thou? The which answered, Fro the face of Sara my lady. --Wyclif (Gen. xvi. 8.).

2. A woman having proprietary rights or authority; mistress; -- a feminine correlative of lord. "Lord or lady of high degree." --Lowell.

Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, . . . We make thee lady. --Shak.

3. A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound; a sweetheart.

The soldier here his wasted store supplies, And takes new valor from his lady's eyes. --Waller.

4. A woman of social distinction or position. In England, a title prefixed to the name of any woman whose husband is not of lower rank than a baron, or whose father was a nobleman not lower than an earl. The wife of a baronet or knight has the title of Lady by courtesy, but not by right.

5. A woman of refined or gentle manners; a well-bred woman; -- the feminine correlative of gentleman.

6. A wife; -- not now in approved usage. --Goldsmith.

7. (Zo["o]l.) The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster; -- so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure. It consists of calcareous plates.

Ladies' man, a man who affects the society of ladies.

Lady altar, an altar in a lady chapel. --Shipley.

Lady chapel, a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary.

Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor.

Lady court, the court of a lady of the manor.

Lady crab (Zo["o]l.), a handsomely spotted swimming crab (Platyonichus ocellatus) very common on the sandy shores of the Atlantic coast of the United States.

Lady fern. (Bot.) See Female fern, under Female, and Illust. of Fern.

Lady in waiting, a lady of the queen's household, appointed to wait upon or attend the queen.

Lady Mass, a Mass said in honor of the Virgin Mary. --Shipley.

Lady of the manor, a lady having jurisdiction of a manor; also, the wife of a manor lord.

Lady's maid, a maidservant who dresses and waits upon a lady. --Thackeray.

Our Lady, the Virgin Mary.

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Laird\, n. [See Lord.] A lord; a landholder, esp. one who holds land directly of the crown. [Scot.]

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Land"lord`\, n. [See Land, and Lord.]

1. The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

2. The master of an inn or of a lodging house.

Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. --Addison.

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Loaf\, n.; pl. Loaves. [OE. lof, laf, AS. hl[=a]f; akin to G. laib, OHG. hleip, Icel. hleifr, Goth. hlaifs, Russ. khlieb', Lith. kl["e]pas. Cf. Lady, Lammas, Lord.] Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake. --Bacon.

Loaf sugar, refined sugar that has been formed into a conical loaf in a mold.

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There are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered. (1.) Heb. Jehovah, has been rendered in the English Bible LORD, printed in small capitals. This is the proper name of the God of the Hebrews. The form "Jehovah" is retained only in Ex. 6:3; Ps. 83:18; Isa. 12:2; 26:4, both in the Authorized and the Revised Version. (2.) Heb. 'adon, means one possessed of absolute control. It denotes a master, as of slaves (Gen. 24:14, 27), or a ruler of his subjects (45:8), or a husband, as lord of his wife (18:12). The old plural form of this Hebrew word is _'adonai_. From a superstitious reverence for the name "Jehovah," the Jews, in reading their Scriptures, whenever that name occurred, always pronounced it _'Adonai_. (3.) Greek kurios, a supreme master, etc. In the LXX. this is invariably used for "Jehovah" and "'Adonai." (4.) Heb. ba'al, a master, as having domination. This word is applied to human relations, as that of husband, to persons skilled in some art or profession, and to heathen deities. "The men of Shechem," literally "the baals of Shechem" (Judg. 9:2, 3). These were the Israelite inhabitants who had reduced the Canaanites to a condition of vassalage (Josh. 16:10; 17:13). (5.) Heb. seren, applied exclusively to the "lords of the Philistines" (Judg. 3:3). The LXX. render it by satrapies. At this period the Philistines were not, as at a later period (1 Sam. 21:10), under a kingly government. (See Josh. 13:3; 1 Sam. 6:18.) There were five such lordships, viz., Gath, Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, and Ekron.

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