lord

Etymology
From and  (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century)  and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier, , , , and ; from  < , a compound of  + ; see  and. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin. Compare 🇨🇬, preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish 🇨🇬, ), the Old English compound, and modern English , from Old English. The Middle English word laford was borrowed by Icelandic, where it survives as.

Noun

 * 1)  The master of the servants of a household;  the master of a feudal manor
 * 2)  The male head of a household, a father or husband.
 * 3) * 831, charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts, 445
 * Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
 * 1)  The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
 * 2) * 1480, Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
 * All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte thar houses.
 * 1) * ante 1637,, Sad Shepherd, ii. i. 36
 * A mightie Lord of Swine!
 * 1) One possessing similar mastery over others;  any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
 * 2) * c. 893, Orosius's History, i. i. §13
 * Ohthere sæde his hlaforde, Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
 * 1)  A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
 * 2) A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
 * 3) * ante 1420, T. Hoccleve, De Regimine Principum, 442
 * Men myghten lordis knowe
 * By there arraye, from oþir folke.
 * 1) * 1453, Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
 * If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord, as Duc, Marques, Erle, Viscount or Baron.
 * 1)  A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
 * 2) * 1526, W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection, i. sig. Bviiiv
 * Farre excellyng the state of lordes, erles, dukes or kynges.
 * 1) One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
 * 2) * ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 782
 * O wityng bath god and ill Ȝee suld be lauerds at ȝour will.
 * 1) * 1992 November 18,, , 4.11: "":
 * But are you still master of your domain?
 * I am king of the county. You?
 * Lord of the manor.
 * 1) A magnate of a trade or profession.
 * The were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.
 * 1)  The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
 * 2)  A hunchback.
 * 3) * 1699, B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew:
 * Lord, a very crooked, deformed... Person.
 * 1)  Sixpence.
 * 1) One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
 * 2) * ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 782
 * O wityng bath god and ill Ȝee suld be lauerds at ȝour will.
 * 1) * 1992 November 18,, , 4.11: "":
 * But are you still master of your domain?
 * I am king of the county. You?
 * Lord of the manor.
 * 1) A magnate of a trade or profession.
 * The were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.
 * 1)  The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
 * 2)  A hunchback.
 * 3) * 1699, B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew:
 * Lord, a very crooked, deformed... Person.
 * 1)  Sixpence.
 * 1)  The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
 * 2)  A hunchback.
 * 3) * 1699, B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew:
 * Lord, a very crooked, deformed... Person.
 * 1)  Sixpence.
 * 1)  Sixpence.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian: ,
 * Arabic: رَبّ
 * Basque: jaun
 * Belarusian:, валада́р
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish:, husbond, husherre
 * Dutch: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:, castelao, , , coime,
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δεσπότης, κύριος, ἄναξ
 * Hindi:, ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian: castellano
 * Khmer: ,
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: сто́пан, го́сподар
 * Manchu: ᡝᠵᡝᠨ
 * Old English: hlāford
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: poon
 * Turkish:, , , ,
 * Ukrainian:, , хазя́їн
 * Vandalic: froia
 * Vietnamese: (主),  (領主)
 * White Hmong: tswv
 * Yakut: тойон
 * Zazaki: lord,, , ape


 * Albanian:, ,
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܡܪܐ
 * Jewish Aramaic: מָרָא
 * Armenian:
 * Breton: aotroù
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Danish:, godsejer
 * Finnish:, , ,
 * Galician:, ,
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: κύριος, δεσπότης, ἄναξ
 * Hindi:
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:, លោកព្រឹទ្ធាចារ្យ
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: го́сподар
 * Old English: hlāford
 * Old French: seignor
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: laird
 * Scottish Gaelic:, triath
 * Spanish:
 * Turkish:, , ,
 * White Hmong: tswv
 * Zazaki:, wêr


 * Afrikaans: owerste
 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic: رَبّ
 * Azerbaijani:
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,
 * Egyptian:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * Galician:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰
 * Greek:, ,
 * Ancient: ἄναξ, δεσπότης, κοίρανος, μεδέων, πρύτανις, κύριος
 * Hindi:, , ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: លោកនាយ,
 * Macedonian: господар, властелин, велможа
 * Middle English: senyour, lord
 * Middle Persian: 𐭡𐭢𐭩
 * Nahuatl: tecutli
 * Old French: seignor
 * Persian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Quechua: qhapaq
 * Russian:, ,
 * Sanskrit:
 * Swedish:
 * Ternate: جوو
 * Turkish:, , , ,
 * Vandalic: froia
 * Vietnamese: (領主)
 * White Hmong: tswv
 * Zazaki:, ağa


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:, ,
 * Aramaic:
 * Classical Syriac: ܡܪܐ, ܪܘܪܒܐ
 * Jewish Aramaic: מָרָא
 * Belarusian: пан, лорд, вяльмо́жа
 * Bulgarian: лорд
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech:, aristokrat
 * Danish: lensherre, ,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐍆𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌾𐌰
 * Greek:, , ,
 * Ancient: ἄναξ, πρύτανις
 * Hindi: ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: го́сподар, лорд, вла́стелин, ве́лможа
 * Maori: rōre
 * Middle English: senyour, lord
 * Middle Korean: 어비〮ᄆᆞᆮ
 * Nahuatl: tecutli
 * Occitan:, lòrd
 * Old French: seignor
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sorbian:
 * Lower Sorbian: kněz
 * Turkish:, toyun
 * Ukrainian: лорд, вельмо́жа
 * Welsh:
 * Yiddish: לאָרד, אָדון, שׂררה
 * Zazaki: herogırse


 * Afrikaans:
 * Albanian:
 * Belarusian: пан
 * Bulgarian: лорд
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Ancient: δεσπότης
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian:
 * Italian:, ,
 * Kazakh:
 * Khmer: លោកម្ចាស់,
 * Macedonian: лорд, го́сподар, ве́лможа
 * Nahuatl: tecutli
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Turkish:, toyun


 * Interlingua:
 * Persian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Slovak:

Verb

 * 1)  Domineer or act like a lord.
 * 2)  To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
 * 1)  To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, esiintyä herrana, herrastella
 * German:
 * Italian: ,
 * Macedonian: госпо́дари
 * Russian: ,
 * Slovak: pánčiť sa, rozťahovať sa

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) an English peer of the realm or nobleman

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1) gentleman
 * 1) gentleman

Etymology
From, , in turn from +.

Noun

 * 1) lord important man
 * 2) Lord title of God
 * 1) Lord title of God
 * 1) Lord title of God

Proper noun

 * 1)  Lord: Jesus Christ, God the Son
 * 2) * c. 1400, Lay Folks Mass, Bk. App. iii. 125:
 * "enm"

- Þou art a sooþfaste leche, lord.

Interjection

 * : an interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation
 * 1) * c. 1400,, Practica (trans. as The Science of Chirgurie), 298:
 * "enm"
 * "enm"

- O lord, whi is it so greet difference betwix a cirurgian & a phisician.

Etymology
, from and, from , from , , , , , from , from.

Noun

 * 1) Lord

Etymology
or.

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  British title

Etymology
.

Noun

 * 1)  British title

Etymology
From, from , from , , from , , a compound of +

Noun

 * 1) lord
 * 2)  filthy rich
 * 3)  big daddy
 * 1)  big daddy