Definition of lord

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Lord (v. i.) To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb.

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Tolsester :: Tolsester (n.) A toll or tribute of a sextary of ale, paid to the lords of some manors by their tenants, for liberty to brew and sell ale..
Attorn :: Attorn (v. t.) To turn, or transfer homage and service, from one lord to another. This is the act of feudatories, vassals, or tenants, upon the alienation of the estate..
Farmer :: Farmer (n.) The lord of the field, or one who farms the lot and cope of the crown..
Court-leet :: Court-leet (n.) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet..
Baltimore Oriole :: Baltimore oriole () A common American bird (Icterus galbula), named after Lord Baltimore, because its colors (black and orange red) are like those of his coat of arms; -- called also golden robin..
Subinfeudation :: Subinfeudation (n.) The granting of lands by inferior lords to their dependents, to be held by themselves by feudal tenure..
Lordosis :: Lordosis (n.) A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region..
Peerdom :: Peerdom (n.) Peerage; also, a lordship..
Byronic :: Byronic (a.) Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron..
Dynasty :: Dynasty (n.) A race or succession of kings, of the same line or family; the continued lordship of a race of rulers..
Unlorded :: Unlorded (a.) Not raised to the rank of a lord.
Verge :: Verge (n.) The stick or wand with which persons were formerly admitted tenants, they holding it in the hand, and swearing fealty to the lord. Such tenants were called tenants by the verge..
Estate :: Estate (n.) The great classes or orders of a community or state (as the clergy, the nobility, and the commonalty of England) or their representatives who administer the government; as, the estates of the realm (England), which are (1) the lords spiritual, (2) the lords temporal, (3) the commons..
Arrogance :: Arrogance (n.) The act or habit of arrogating, or making undue claims in an overbearing manner; that species of pride which consists in exorbitant claims of rank, dignity, estimation, or power, or which exalts the worth or importance of the person to an undue degree; proud contempt of others; lordliness; haughtiness; self-assumption; presumption..
Margrave :: Margrave (n.) Originally, a lord or keeper of the borders or marches in Germany..
Supereminent :: Supereminency (n.) The quality or state of being supereminent; distinguished eminence; as, the supereminence of Cicero as an orator, or Lord Chatham as a statesman..
Chiefrie :: Chiefrie (n.) A small rent paid to the lord paramount.
Liege :: Liege (a.) Serving an independent sovereign or master; bound by a feudal tenure; obliged to be faithful and loyal to a superior, as a vassal to his lord; faithful; loyal; as, a liege man; a liege subject..
Dynasty :: Dynasty (n.) Sovereignty; lordship; dominion.
Cottier :: Cottier (n.) In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm..
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