Lord Title High Britain Christ Noun Bre Lɔːd

• lord beaverbrook
• the lord chancellor
• the lord mayor
• lord justice slade

lord

1. (in Britain) a man of high rank in the nobility (= people of high social class), or somebody who has been given the title ‘lord’ as an honour
• compare lady
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lady
2. (in Britain) the title used by a lord
• Lord Beaverbrook
3. a title used for some high official positions in Britain
• the Lord Chancellor
• the Lord Mayor
• Lord Justice Slade
4. (in Britain) a title of respect used when speaking to a judge, bishop or some male members of the nobility (= people of high social class)
• compare lady
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/lady
5. a powerful man in medieval Europe, who owned a lot of land and property
• see also overlord
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/overlord
• a feudal lord
• the lord of the manor
6. a title used to refer to God or Christ
• Love the Lord with all your heart.
7. a title used to refer to Christ
• = House of Lords
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/the-house-of-lords
• The Lords has/have not yet reached a decision.
8. very drunk
9. used to show that you are surprised, annoyed or worried about something
• Good Lord, what have you done to your hair!
10. used to emphasize what you are saying
• Lord knows, I tried to teach her.
11. used to say that you do not know the answer to something
• ‘Why did she say that?’ ‘Lord knows!’
12. any particular year after the birth of Christ

Extra Examples

• The law lords ruled against the government last year.
• He was made a peer and took the title Lord Northcliffe.
• She’s married to a lord.
• The head of the successful construction group became a lord in 1984.

Word Origin

• Old English hlāford, from hlāfweard ‘bread-keeper’, from a Germanic base (see loaf (noun), ward). Compare with lady.