chief lord

Noun

 * : the lord of a fee immediately owed personal service or rent by a tenant, a tenant's liege lord.
 * 1) * 1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 183:
 * C lord, the feudal lord, or lord of an honour on whom others depend.
 * : a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.
 * : a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.
 * : a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.
 * : a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.