lord

Fetched 2026-10-26 (cache).

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} The [[master]] of the [[servant]]s of a [[household]]; {{lb|en|historical}} the [[master]] of a [[feudal]] [[manor]]
2. One [[possess]]ing [[similar]] [[mastery]] over [[others]]; {{lb|en|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]]'')
3. One [[possess]]ing [[similar]] [[mastery]] in [[figurative]] [[sense]]s (''esp. as'' '''lord of''' ~)
4. {{lb|en|astrology}} The [[heavenly body]] [[consider]]ed to [[possess]] a [[dominant]] [[influence]] over an [[event]], [[time]], [[etc.]]
5. {{lb|en|British|slang|obsolete}} A [[hunchback]].
6. {{lb|en|British|Australian|via [[Cockney rhyming slang]]|obsolete}} [[sixpence|Sixpence]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|ambitransitive}} To [[domineer]] or [[act]] like a lord.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[invest]] with the [[dignity]], [[power]], and [[privilege]]s of a lord; to grant the [[title]] of lord.

Proper noun

1. {{senseid|en|Abrahamic deity}} The [[Abrahamic]] [[deity]] of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
2. {{senseid|en|Q302}}<!--God the Son, within the trinitarian Abrahamic deity--> {{lb|en|Christianity}} [[Jesus Christ]], [[God the Son]].
3. {{senseid|en|important deity}} {{lb|en|religion}} Any [[other]] [[deity]] [[particularly]] [[important]] to a [[religion]] or a [[worshipper]].
4. {{senseid|en|surname}} {{surname|en|[[English]]|from=nicknames}}, originally a [[nickname]] for someone who either acted as if he were a lord or had worked in a lord's [[household]].

Interjection

1. {{lb|en|originally an invocation}} ''An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.''

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