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