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HOUSE OF LORDS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does House of Lords mean?
• HOUSE OF LORDS (noun)
The noun HOUSE OF LORDS has 1 sense:
1. the upper house of the British parliament
Familiarity information: HOUSE OF LORDS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The upper house of the British parliament
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
British House of Lords; House of Lords
Hypernyms ("House of Lords" is a kind of...):
house (an official assembly having legislative powers)
Meronyms (members of "House of Lords"):
peer of the realm (a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords)
Holonyms ("House of Lords" is a member of...):
British Parliament (the British legislative body)
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