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lord

  [lawrd]
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–noun
1. a person who has authority, control, or power over others; a master, chief, or ruler.
2. a person who exercises authority from property rights; an owner of land, houses, etc.
3. a person who is a leader or has great influence in a chosen profession: the great lords of banking.
4. a feudal superior; the proprietor of a manor.
5. a titled nobleman or peer; a person whose ordinary appellation contains by courtesy the title Lord or some higher title.
6. Lords, the Lords Spiritual and Lords Temporal comprising the House of Lords.
7. (initial capital letter) (in Britain)
a. the title of certain high officials (used with some other title, name, or the like): Lord Mayor of London.
b. the formally polite title of a bishop: Lord Bishop of Durham.
c. the title informally substituted for marquis, earl, viscount, etc., as in the use of Lord Kitchener for Earl Kitchener.
8. (initial capital letter) the Supreme Being; God; Jehovah.
9. (initial capital letter) the Savior, Jesus Christ.
10. Astrology. a planet having dominating influence.
–interjection
11. (often initial capital letter) (used in exclamatory phrases to express surprise, elation, etc.): Lord, what a beautiful day!
—Idiom
12. lord it, to assume airs of importance and authority; behave arrogantly or dictatorially; domineer: to lord it over the menial workers.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME lord, loverd, OE hlāford, hlāfweard lit., loaf-keeper. See loaf 1 , ward

Related forms:
lordlike, adjective
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lord   (lôrd)   
n.  

  1. A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially:

    1. A king.

    2. A territorial magnate.

    3. The proprietor of a manor.

    4. Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount.

    5. Used as the usual style for a baron.

    6. Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis.

    7. Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries: Lord Chamberlain; the Lord Mayor of London.

    8. Used as a title for a bishop.

    9. God.

    10. Christianity Jesus.

    11. A man of renowned power or authority.

    12. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.

    13. Archaic The male head of a household.

    14. Archaic A husband.

  2. Lords The House of Lords.

  3. Abbr. Ld. Chiefly British The general masculine title of nobility and other rank:

    1. Used as a form of address for a marquis, an earl, or a viscount.

    2. Used as the usual style for a baron.

    3. Used as a courtesy title for a younger son of a duke or marquis.

    4. Used as a title for certain high officials and dignitaries: Lord Chamberlain; the Lord Mayor of London.

    5. Used as a title for a bishop.

    6. God.

    7. Christianity Jesus.

    8. A man of renowned power or authority.

    9. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.

    10. Archaic The male head of a household.

    11. Archaic A husband.

  4. Lord

    1. God.

    2. Christianity Jesus.

    3. A man of renowned power or authority.

    4. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.

    5. Archaic The male head of a household.

    6. Archaic A husband.

    1. A man of renowned power or authority.

    2. A man who has mastery in a given field or activity.

    3. Archaic The male head of a household.

    4. 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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Word Origin & History

lord 
M.E. laverd, loverd (13c.), from O.E. hlaford "master of a household, ruler, superior," also "God" (translating L. Dominus, though O.E. drihten was used more often), earlier hlafweard, lit. "one who guards the loaves," from hlaf "bread, loaf" + weard "keeper, guardian, ward." Cf. lady, and O.E. hlafæta "household servant," lit. "loaf-eater." Modern monosyllabic form emerged 14c. The verb meaning "to play the lord, domineer" is from 1377; to lord it is from 1579. Interjection Lordy first attested 1853, Amer.Eng. Lord of the Flies translates Beelzebub (q.v.) and was name of 1954 book by William Golding.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Bible Dictionary

Lord

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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

lord

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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Encyclopedia

lord

in the British Isles, a general title for a prince or sovereign or for a feudal superior (especially a feudal tenant who holds directly from the king, i.e., a baron). In the United Kingdom the title today denotes a peer of the realm, whether or not he sits in Parliament as a member of the House of Lords. Before the Hanoverian succession, before the use of "prince" became settled practice, royal sons were styled Lord Forename or the Lord Forename.

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