lord
noun
[ lɔːd ]
• a man of noble rank or high office; a nobleman.
• "lords and ladies were entertained here"
Similar:
noble,
nobleman,
peer,
aristocrat,
patrician,
grandee,
feudal lord,
landowner,
lord of the manor,
seigneur,
duke,
earl,
viscount,
lord
exclamation
• used in exclamations expressing surprise or worry, or for emphasis.
• "Lord, I'm cold!"
lord
verb
• act in a superior and domineering manner towards (someone).
• "when we were at school, you used to lord it over us"
Similar:
order about,
order around,
boss about,
boss around,
give orders to,
domineer,
dominate,
dictate to,
pull rank on,
tyrannize,
bully,
browbeat,
oppress,
repress,
ride roughshod over,
have under one's thumb,
be overbearing,
put on airs,
swagger,
throw one's weight about,
throw one's weight around,
act big,
Opposite:
be submissive,
• confer the title of Lord upon.
• "Sir Cadwallader Pleadwell has been lately lorded"
Origin:
Old English hlāford, from hlāfweard ‘bread-keeper’, from a Germanic base (see loaf1, ward). Compare with lady.
