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lord
English
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Etymology
From Middle English lord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old English hl?ford < hl?fweard, a compound of hl?f (“bread”) + weard (“guardian”); see loaf and ward. 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 dominus. Compare Scots laird (“lord”), preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish Middle English lard, laverd), the Old English compound hl?f-?ta (“servant”, literally “bread-eater”), and modern English lady, from Old English hl?fd??e (“bread-kneader”). The Middle English word laford was borrowed by Icelandic, where it survives as lávarður.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l??d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /l??d/
- Homophone: lored (in accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
- Homophone: laud (in non-rhotic accents)
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
Noun
lord (plural lords)
- (obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
- 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 24:46
- Ble??ed is that ?eruant, whome his Lord when he commeth, ?hal finde ?o doing.
- 1600, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, act III, scene 2, 167 ff.
- Por. ...But now, I was the Lord
- of this faire man?ion, mai?ter of my ?eruants,
- Queene oer my ?elfe...
- 1794, E. Christian in William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, II. 418
- Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.
- (archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
- 831, charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts, 445
- Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, "The Rape of Lucrece"
- ...thou worthie Lord,
- Of that vnworthie wife that greeteth thee
- c. 1591, William Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew (1623), act V, scene 2, 131 f.
- Pet. Katherine, I charge thee, tell the?e head-?trong women,
- What dutie they doe owe their Lords and hu?bands!
- 1611, King James Bible, Genesis 18:12
- Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe, ?aying, After I am waxed old, ?hall I haue plea?ure, my lord being old al?o?
- 1816, Jane Austen, Emma, III. xvi. 300
- Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.
- 831, charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts, 445
- (archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
- ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 601 f.
- Als oure lauerd has heuen in hand
- Sua suld man be lauerd of land.
- 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.
- ante 1637, Ben Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. i. 36
- A mightie Lord of Swine!
- 1697, John Dryden translating Publius Virgilius Maro's Æneis, xii
- Turnus...
- Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;
- And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord.
- 1874, J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2
- Lord, the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘lord’.
- ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 601 f.
- 1611, King James Bible, Matthew 24:46
- One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) 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)
- c. 893, Orosius's History, i. i. §13
- Ohthere sæde his hlaforde, Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...
- 1530, John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement, 680/1
- It is a pytuouse case... whan subjectes rebell agaynst their naturall lorde.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, xii. 70
- Man over men He made not Lord.
- (historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
- A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
- ante 1375, William of Palerne (1867), l.4539
- To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat lond.
- ante 1420, T. Hoccleve, De Regimine Principum, 442
- Men myghten lordis knowe
- By there arraye, from oþir folke.
- 1453, Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2
- If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord, as Duc, Marques, Erle, Viscount or Baron.
- 1597, William Shakespeare, The life and death of King Richard the Second, act IV, scene 1, 18
- Princes, and noble Lords:
- What an?wer ?hall I make to this ba?e man?
- 1614, J. Selden, Titles of Honor, 59
- Our English name Lord, whereby we and the Scots stile all such as are of the Greater Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.
- 1900 July 21, Daily Express, 5/7
- The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord.
- ante 1375, William of Palerne (1867), l.4539
- (obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
- 1526, W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection, i. sig. Bviiiv
- Farre excellyng the state of lordes, erles, dukes or kynges.
- 1826, Benjamin Disraeli, Vivian Grey, II. iii. iii. 26
- The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.
- 1526, W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection, i. sig. Bviiiv
- c. 893, Orosius's History, i. i. §13
- One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
- ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 782
- O wityng bath god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.
- 1398, John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322
- The sonne is the lorde of planetes.
- 1697, John Dryden translating Publius Virgilius Maro as Georgics, iii
- Love is Lord of all.
- 1992 November 18, Larry David, Seinfeld, 4.11: "The Contest":
- But are you still master of your domain?
- I am king of the county. You?
- Lord of the manor.
- A magnate of a trade or profession.
- The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.
- 1823, W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399
- Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!
- ante 1300, Cursor Mundi, 782
- (astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
- c. 1391, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe, ii. §4:
- The assendent, & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan þat no wykkid planete, as Saturne or Mars, or elles the tail of the dragoun, is in þe hows of the assendent.
- c. 1391, Geoffrey Chaucer, Treatise on the Astrolabe, ii. §4:
- (Britain, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.
- 1699, B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew:
- Lord, a very crooked, deformed... Person.
- 1699, B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew:
- (Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.
- 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement, 782/1:
- Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.
- 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement, 782/1:
Synonyms
- (master, owner): drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign
Derived terms
Descendants
Translations
See also
- lady
Verb
lord (third-person singular simple present lords, present participle lording, simple past and past participle lorded)
- (intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.
- The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.
- (transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
Synonyms
- (made a lord): elevate, ennoble, invest
Derived terms
- (act like a lord): lord it over
Translations
References
- lord in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- lord at OneLook Dictionary Search
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l???/
Noun
lord
- indefinite accusative singular of lordur
Hungarian
Etymology
From English lord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?lord]
- Hyphenation: lord
- Rhymes: -ord
Noun
lord (plural lordok)
- lord (English nobleman or aristocrat)
Declension
References
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English lord.
Noun
lord m (invariable)
- lord (British aristocrat)
- gentleman
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) lhoaverd, laford, loverd, louerd, lowerd
- lorde, lhord, lourd, lourde, laverd
Etymology
From Old English hl?ford, hl?fweard, in turn from hl?f (“bread, loaf”) + weard (“ward, guardian, keeper”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??rd/
- (Early ME) IPA(key): /?l??w?rd/, /?l??v?rd/
Noun
lord (plural lordes)
- lord (important man)
- Lord (title of God)
Derived terms
- landlorde
- lordlyng
- yere of our lord
Descendants
- English: lord
- Scots: laird
- Yola: loard
References
- “l?rd, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English lord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lôrd/
Noun
l?rd m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- lord (British title)
Declension
References
- “lord” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English lord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?lo?d/, [?lo?ð?]
- IPA(key): /?lo?/, [?lo?]
Noun
lord m (plural lores)
- lord (British title)
Related terms
- milord
Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from English lord.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?o?d]
- Hyphenation: lord
Noun
lord (definite accusative lordu, plural lordlar)
- lord
- Hypernym: asilzade
Declension
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ringer
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?????(?)/
- Rhymes: -???(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English ringere, rynger, ryngar, equivalent to ring (“to sound a bell”) +? -er.
Noun
ringer (plural ringers)
- Someone who rings, especially a bell ringer.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,
- Pull, if ye never pull?d before;
- Good ringers, pull your best," quoth he.
- 1863, Jean Ingelow, High Tide on the Coast of Lincolnshire,
- (mining) A crowbar.
References
Etymology 2
From ring (“to surround”) +? -er.
Noun
ringer (plural ringers)
- (games) In the game of horseshoes, the event of the horseshoe landing around the pole.
- (uncountable, games) A game of marbles where players attempt to knock each other's marbles out of a ring drawn on the ground.
- A ringer T-shirt.
- 2007, Descant (issue 138, page 28)
- […] shabby baseball caps, faded and worn-out T-shirts, ringers and polos with artificially aged hems […]
- 2011, Buck Peden, Baseball, Golf, Wars, Women & Puppies: An Autobiography (page 278)
- The shirts were light blue heather ringers with royal blue trim on the necks and sleeves.
- 2007, Descant (issue 138, page 28)
See also
- ringer T-shirt
Etymology 3
Probably from ring the changes.
Noun
ringer (plural ringers)
- (sports) A person highly proficient at a skill or sport who is brought in, often fraudulently, to supplement a team.
- Synonym: hustler
- (horse racing) A horse fraudulently entered in a race using the name of another horse.
- A person, animal, or entity which resembles another so closely as to be taken for the other, now usually in the phrase dead ringer.
- Synonym: dead ringer
- (Britain, slang) A fraudulently cloned motor vehicle.
- 2020, Tom Hartley, Tom Hartley: The Dealmaker
- I had heard early on in my career about 'ringers': cars that were stolen and cloned, but it was 1993 before I was to experience this first-hand.
- 2020, Tom Hartley, Tom Hartley: The Dealmaker
Etymology 4
Unknown. Probably so named after the custom of ringing a bell to denote the winner of a contest or competition.
Noun
ringer (plural ringers)
- (Britain, dialect) A top performer.
- (Australia) The champion shearer of a shearing shed.
- (Australia) A stockman, a cowboy.
- 1964, Alec Bolton, Walkabout?s Australia, Walkabout magazine, page 107,
- The ringers are the stockmen on a station. The cattle pass through their hands before the drovers lift them and take them along the stock routes that lead to the killing pens in cities.
- 1987, Geoffrey Atkinson, Philip Quirk. The Australian Adventure: The Explorer?s Guide to the Island Continent, page 175,
- This vast holding is run by six ringers and six boys. A ringer is a qualified stationhand and a boy is a trainee. It takes four years for a boy to become a ringer.
- 2005, Jake Drake, The Wild West in Australia and America, page 156,
- Most people associated with the Australian beef industry believe the ringer?s skill of throwing cattle by the tail to be a practice that is purely Australian. There is ample evidence however, that it was practised in South and Central America long before it was developed here.
- 1964, Alec Bolton, Walkabout?s Australia, Walkabout magazine, page 107,
Etymology 5
Perhaps dissimilated from Middle English wringere (“stingy person, pennypincher, one who financially oppresses, an extortioner”).
Noun
ringer (plural ringers)
- (slang) Any person or thing that is fraudulent; a fake or impostor.
Etymology 6
ring +? -er, from the noun.
Noun
ringer (plural ringers)
- (Britain, military, informal, in combination) An officer having the specified number of rings (denoting rank) on the uniform sleeve.
- 2012, John Harris, The Lonely Voyage
- A group of naval one- and two-ringers were chatting by the office door with a few ratings, complete with kit-bags and oilskins.
- 2013, Dudley Pope, Convoy
- The senior officer of the escort was an RN two and a half ringer who had a reputation of being one of the best.
- 2012, John Harris, The Lonely Voyage
Anagrams
- Griner, erring, gerrin', girner
Danish
Verb
ringer
- present of ringe
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
ringer m
- indefinite plural of ring
Verb
ringer
- present of ringe
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
ringer
- present tense of ringa and ringe
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hringr, from Proto-Germanic *hringaz.
Noun
ringer m
- ring, circle
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: ring
Swedish
Verb
ringer
- present tense of ringa.
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