Definition of "lord" []

• A man of high rank in a feudal society or in one that retains feudal forms and institutions, especially: (noun)
• A king. (noun)
• A territorial magnate. (noun)
• The proprietor of a manor. (noun)
• The House of Lords. (noun)

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• "* The word _amakhû_ is applied to an individual who has freely entered the service of king or baron, and taken him for his lord: _amakhû khir nibuf_ means _vassal of his lord_."
• "DUKE _ (My lord_), a duke's servant, who assumes the airs and title of his master, and is addressed as "Your grace," or "My lord duke.""
• "I. i.241 (284,9) That I had no angry wit to be a lord] [W: so hungry a wit] The meaning may be, I should hate myself for _patiently enduring to be a lord_."