*lord*

v. t. 1. To act the lord over. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To address by the title of “lord”. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The master of an inn or of any form of lodging house; as, the landlord collects the rents on the first of the month. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

Upon our arrival at the inn, my companion fetched out the jolly landlord. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands. J. S. Mill. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of a landlord. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gr. &unr_; bent so as to be convex in front. ] A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively. [ Eng. ] Richardson (Dict.). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. lord, laverd, loverd, AS. hlāford, for hlāfweard, i. e., bread keeper; hlāf bread, loaf + weardian to look after, to take care of, to ward. See Loaf, and Ward to guard, and cf. Laird, Lady. ] 1. One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. [ 1913 Webster ]

But now I was the lord
Of this fair mansion. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man over men
He made not lord. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc. [ Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A husband. “My lord being old also.” Gen. xviii. 12. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou worthy lord
Of that unworthy wife that greeteth thee. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. (Feudal Law) One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. The Supreme Being; Jehovah. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ When Lord, in the Old Testament, is printed in small capitals, it is usually equivalent to Jehovah, and might, with more propriety, be so rendered. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. (Christianity) The Savior; Jesus Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

House of Lords, one of the constituent parts of the British Parliament, consisting of the lords spiritual and temporal. --
Lord high chancellor,
Lord high constable, etc. See Chancellor, Constable, etc. --
Lord justice clerk, the second in rank of the two highest judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. --
Lord justice general, or
Lord president, the highest in rank of the judges of the Supreme Court of Scotland. --
Lord keeper, an ancient officer of the English crown, who had the custody of the king's great seal, with authority to affix it to public documents. The office is now merged in that of the chancellor. --
Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices of the peace for that county. --
Lord of misrule, the master of the revels at Christmas in a nobleman's or other great house. Eng. Cyc. --
Lords spiritual, the archbishops and bishops who have seats in the House of Lords. --
Lords temporal, the peers of England; also, sixteen representative peers of Scotland, and twenty-eight representatives of the Irish peerage. --
Our lord, Jesus Christ; the Savior. --
The Lord's Day, Sunday; the Christian Sabbath, on which the Lord Jesus rose from the dead. --
The Lord's Prayer, (Christianity) the prayer which Jesus taught his disciples, also called the Our Father. Matt. vi. 9-13. --
The Lord's Supper. (a) The paschal supper partaken of by Jesus the night before his crucifixion. (b) The sacrament of the eucharist; the holy communion. --
The Lord's Table. (a) The altar or table from which the sacrament is dispensed. (b) The sacrament itself. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To rule or preside over as a lord. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording. ] To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording it over their classmates. [ 1913 Webster ]

The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

I see them lording it in London streets. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

And lorded over them whom now they serve. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lord + -ing, 3. ] 1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [ Obs. ] Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to “Sirs” or “My masters.” [ 1913 Webster ]

Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A little lord. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. having no lord or master; as, the “ronin” of Japan were lordless samurai.
Syn. -- masterless, ungoverned. [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

a. [ 2d lord + like. Cf. Lordly. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Befitting or like a lord; lordly. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Haughty; proud; insolent; arrogant. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Lordly. ] The state or quality of being lordly. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lord + -ling. ] A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Compar. Lordlier superl. Lordliest. ] [ Lord + -ly. Cf. Lordlike. ] 1. Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable. [ 1913 Webster ]

She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judges v. 25. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

The maidens gathered strength and grace
And presence, lordlier than before. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Proud; haughty; imperious; insolent. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lords are lordliest in their wine. Milton.

Syn. -- Imperious; haughty; overbearing; tyrannical; despotic; domineering; arrogant. See Imperious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a lordly manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Lord + -olatry, as in idolatry. ] Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such. [ Jocose ] [ 1913 Webster ]

But how should it be otherwise in a country where lordolatry is part of our creed? Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; , fr. &unr_; bent so as to be convex in front. ] (Med.) (a) A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region. (b) Any abnormal curvature of the bones. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. (Bot.) The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Dr. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Seigniory; domain; the territory over which a lord holds jurisdiction; a manor. [ 1913 Webster ]

What lands and lordships for their owner know
My quondam barber. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Dominion; power; authority. [ 1913 Webster ]

They which are accounted to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them. Mark x. 42. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. (also It., Sp., Russ.), fr. E. my lord. ] Lit., my lord; hence (as used on the Continent), an English nobleman or gentleman. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master. Freeman. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ 1st pref. un- + lord. ] To deprive of the rank or position of a lord. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. [ Properly p. p. of unlord. ] Deprived of the rank of a lord. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. [ Pref. un- + lorded. ] Not raised to the rank of a lord. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]