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LORD

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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.


English dictionary: Word details


LORD (noun)


Sense 1Lord [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 2lord [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 3Lord [BACK TO TOP]

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)


Sense 1lord [BACK TO TOP]

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


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