LORD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lord mean? 

• LORD (noun)
  The noun LORD has 3 senses:

1. terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

2. a person who has general authority over others

3. a titled peer of the realm

  Familiarity information: LORD used as a noun is uncommon.

• LORD (verb)
  The verb LORD has 1 sense:

1. make a lord of someone

  Familiarity information: LORD used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LORD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Almighty; Creator; Divine; God Almighty; Godhead; Jehovah; Lord; Maker

Instance hypernyms:

God; Supreme Being (the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lord"):

hypostasis; hypostasis of Christ (any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united)

Blessed Trinity; Holy Trinity; Sacred Trinity; Trinity (the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A person who has general authority over others

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

lord; master; overlord

Hypernyms ("lord" is a kind of...):

ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lord"):

feudal lord; seigneur; seignior (a man of rank in the ancient regime)

Derivation:

lordship (the authority of a lord)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A titled peer of the realm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Lord; noble; nobleman

Hypernyms ("Lord" is a kind of...):

male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Lord"):

mesne lord (a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord)

viscount ((in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count)

thane (a feudal lord or baron)

sire (a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority)

peer (a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage)

palatine; palsgrave ((Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands)

milord (a term of address for an English lord)

marquess; marquis (nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count)

margrave (a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess))

grandee (a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal)

duke (a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank)

count (a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl)

burgrave (a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right)

baron (a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank)

armiger (a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms)

Instance hyponyms:

Don Juan (a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas)

Mortimer; Roger de Mortimer (English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330))

Antonym:

Lady (a woman of the peerage in Britain)

Derivation:

lord (make a lord of someone)

lordly (of or befitting a lord)

Lordship (a title used to address any British peer except a duke and extended to a bishop or a judge)

• LORD (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they lord    ... he / she / it lords   
Past simple: lorded   
Past participle: lorded   
-ing form: lording   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make a lord of someone

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "lord" is one way to...):

ennoble; entitle; gentle (give a title to someone; make someone a member of the nobility)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

Lord (a titled peer of the realm)

 Context examples 

I have said before that Lord John Roxton was a South Americomaniac.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Godfrey is an orphan, and Lord Mount-James is his nearest relative—his uncle, I believe.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Opposite us were Lord Godalming, Dr. Seward, and Mr. Morris—Lord Godalming being next the Professor, and Dr. Seward in the centre.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

The lord was willing, and let both of them have a seat in the carriage, and they all drove away together.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“Lord St. Simon,” said he “allow me to introduce you to Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hay Moulton. The lady, I think, you have already met.”

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If there's any treachery, it'll be on your side, and the Lord help you.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

“Oh, Lord!” he cried. “’Elp! ’Elp! Tyke ’im aw’y, carn’t yer? Tyke ’im aw’y!”

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

Lord, sir, what a face it was!

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The principal function of this retainer was to quarrel with the cook; in which respect he was a perfect Whittington, without his cat, or the remotest chance of being made Lord Mayor.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Lord! what a boat it is! taking a last look at the picture, as they began to be in motion.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)