LORD
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)
Meaning:
Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Almighty; Creator; Divine; God Almighty; Godhead; Lord; Maker; Jehovah
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"):
Blessed Trinity; Holy Trinity; Sacred Trinity; Trinity (the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead)
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)
Meaning:
A person who has general authority over others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
overlord; lord; master
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 ancien regime)
Meaning:
A titled peer of the realm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
noble; nobleman; Lord
Hypernyms ("Lord" is a kind of...):
male aristocrat (a man who is an aristocrat)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "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)
mesne lord (a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior 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))
armiger (a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms)
baron (a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank)
burgrave (a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right)
count (a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl)
duke (a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank)
grandee (a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal)
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)
• LORD (verb)
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
