lord

[zone: 1, ipm: 433.45]

Definitions

  • a man of high rank in the nobility, or somebody who has been given the title 'lord' as an honour
  • a title used for some high official position in Britain

Examples

  1. Cromwell becomes Lord Protector until his death in 1658.
  2. This article was violently opposed by the earl of Nottingham, and the other lords of the tory interest.
  3. The bill passed by a great majority; but divers lords entered a protest.
  4. Lord Colchester, son of the earl of Rivers, was the first officer that deserted to the prince; and he was attended by a few of his troops.
  5. There are even titles that some people have, such as Lord, Duke, or Baron, that reflect the "importance" of wealth.

Collocations

  • house [score: 11.59, freq: 415] (house of lords)
  • chancellor [score: 10.78, freq: 65] (the lord chancellor)
  • mayor [score: 10.27, freq: 39] (the lord mayor)
  • feudal [score: 10.24, freq: 71] (feudal lords)
  • lieutenant [score: 10.23, freq: 43] (the lord lieutenant)
  • noble [score: 10.1, freq: 116] (noble lord)
  • keeper [score: 10.03, freq: 32] (lord keeper)
  • liege [score: 10.02, freq: 35] (liege lord)
  • Carteret [score: 9.38, freq: 20] (lord Carteret)
  • treasurer [score: 9.36, freq: 21] (lord high treasurer)
  • chamberlain [score: 9.15, freq: 18] (lord chamberlain)
  • admiral [score: 9.11, freq: 25] (lord high admiral)
  • Bathurst [score: 8.91, freq: 15] (lord Bathurst)
  • Sackville [score: 8.87, freq: 14] (lord George Sackville)
  • impeach [score: 8.73, freq: 8] (the impeached lords)
  • privy-seal [score: 8.7, freq: 12] (lord privy-seal)
  • committee [score: 8.52, freq: 16] (committee of lords)
  • sovereign [score: 8.16, freq: 21] (sovereign lord)
  • associate [score: 7.75, freq: 6] (the associated lords)
  • banish [score: 7.67, freq: 6] (the banished lords)
  • Popish [score: 7.53, freq: 7] (the Popish lord)
  • Fujiwara [score: 7.5, freq: 6] (powerful Fujiwara lords)
  • vote [score: 7.42, freq: 6] (the lords voted)
  • powerful [score: 7.17, freq: 17] (powerful lords)
  • Soga [score: 6.95, freq: 4] (government-holding Soga lords)
  • Whig [score: 6.79, freq: 4] (the Whig lord)
  • opposition [score: 6.71, freq: 4] (opposition lord)
  • adopt [score: 6.44, freq: 5] (adopted by the lords)
  • Hungarian [score: 6.27, freq: 4] (Hungarian lords)
  • protection [score: 6.1, freq: 4] (lord's protection)

Thesaurus

  • noble [score: 0.232, freq: 2418]
  • sovereign [score: 0.212, freq: 4332]
  • master [score: 0.207, freq: 5587]
  • minister [score: 0.199, freq: 8236]
  • chief [score: 0.199, freq: 3253]
  • prince [score: 0.197, freq: 12311]
  • peer [score: 0.194, freq: 1082]
  • gentleman [score: 0.191, freq: 2815]
  • priest [score: 0.188, freq: 3171]
  • bishop [score: 0.187, freq: 3355]
  • ruler [score: 0.184, freq: 4465]
  • parliament [score: 0.184, freq: 6645]
  • baron [score: 0.182, freq: 1224]
  • assembly [score: 0.18, freq: 4383]
  • monarch [score: 0.18, freq: 6876]
  • magistrate [score: 0.18, freq: 1890]
  • general [score: 0.18, freq: 7504]
  • nobleman [score: 0.179, freq: 1218]
  • common [score: 0.179, freq: 1818]
  • lady [score: 0.177, freq: 4031]

Translations

Russian бог (0.093)
господин (0.075)
Господь (0.237)
лорд (0.167)
милорд (0.097)
повелитель (0.184)
государь (0.002)
Czech bůh (0.167)
lord (0.18)
pan (0.434)
kníže (0.009)
magnát (0.001)
princ (0.014)