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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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squire
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?skwa??/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?skwa???/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
Etymology 1
From Middle English esquire, from Old French escuier, from Latin sc?t?rius (“shield-bearer”), from sc?tum (“shield”).
Noun
squire (plural squires)
- A shield-bearer or armor-bearer who attended a knight.
- A title of dignity next in degree below knight, and above gentleman. See esquire.
- A male attendant on a great personage.
- A devoted attendant or follower of a lady; a beau.
- A title of office and courtesy. See under esquire.
- (Britain, colloquial) Term of address to a male equal.
- 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Dead Parrot sketch
- Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.
- 1969, Monty Python's Flying Circus, Dead Parrot sketch
Derived terms
- squirearchy
- squiress
Translations
Verb
squire (third-person singular simple present squires, present participle squiring, simple past and past participle squired)
- (transitive) To attend as a squire.
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue,” lines 303-307,[1]
- And yet of our apprentice Ianekyn,
- For his crisp heer, shyninge as gold so fyn,
- And for he squiereth me bothe up and doun,
- Yet hastow caught a fals suspecioun;
- I wol hym noght, thogh thou were deed to-morwe.
- 14th century, Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales, “The Wife of Bath’s Prologue,” lines 303-307,[1]
- (transitive) To attend as a beau, or gallant, for aid and protection.
- 1753, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Chapter 48, [2]
- On some occasions, he displayed all his fund of good humour, with a view to beguile her sorrow; he importuned her to give him the pleasure of squiring her to some place of innocent entertainment; and, finally, insisted upon her accepting a pecuniary reinforcement to her finances, which he knew to be in a most consumptive condition.
- 1759, Oliver Goldsmith, “On Dress,” in The Bee, 13 October, 1759,[3]
- Perceiving, however, that I had on my best wig, she offered, if I would ’squire her there, to send home the footman.
- 1812, Henry Weber (ed.), The Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, Volume 3, p. 326, footnote 3,[4]
- To man a lady was, in former times, a phrase similar to the vulgar one at present in use, to squire.
- 1821, Walter Scott, Kenilworth, Chapter 4,[5]
- Yes, such a thing as thou wouldst make of me should wear a book at his girdle instead of a poniard, and might just be suspected of manhood enough to squire a proud dame-citizen to the lecture at Saint Antonlin’s, and quarrel in her cause with any flat-capped threadmaker that would take the wall of her.
- 1936, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, Part One, Chapter 1,[6]
- And raising good cotton, riding well, shooting straight, dancing lightly, squiring the ladies with elegance and carrying one’s liquor like a gentleman were the things that mattered.
- 1988, Edmund White, The Beautiful Room is Empty, New York: Vintage International, 1994, Chapter Six,
- A butch entered squiring a blonde whore tottering along on spike heels under dairy whip hair, her chubby hand rising again and again to tuck a stray wisp back into the creamy dome.
- Synonym: escort
- 1753, Tobias Smollett, The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom, Chapter 48, [2]
Etymology 2
From Middle English squire, borrowed from Middle French esquierre (“rule, carpenter's square”), or from Old French esquire, another form of esquarre (“square”). Cognate with French équerre. Doublet of square.
Noun
squire (plural squires)
- (obsolete) A ruler; a carpenter's square; a measure.
- 1598, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
- But temperaunce, said he, with golden squire, / Betwixt them both can measure out a meane.
- 1598, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V, 2, 474.
- do not you know my lady's foot by the squire.
- as for a workman not to know his axe, saw, squire, or any other toole, […].
- 1628, William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, IV, 4, 348.
- twelve foot and a half by the squire.
- 1598, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene
Anagrams
- Squier, quires, risque, risqué, squier
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