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; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor. But now I was the lord Of this fair mansion. Shak. Man over men He made not lord. Milton.

The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.] Spenser.

A little lord. Thackeray.

Befitting or like a lord; lordly.

The state or quality of being lordly. Shak.

A little or insignificant lord. Goldsmith.

Suitable for a lord; of or pertaining to a lord; resembling a lord; hence, grand; noble; dignified; honorable. She brought forth butter in a lordly dish. Judges v. 25. Lordly sins require lordly estates to support them. South. The maidens gathered strength and grace And presence, lordlier than before. Tennyson.…

Worship of, or reverence for, a lord as such. [Jocose] But how should it be otherwise in a country where lordolatry is part of our creed Thackeray.

A curvature of the spine forwards, usually in the lumbar region.

The European wake-robin (Arum maculatum), -- those with purplish spadix the lords, and those with pale spadix the ladies. Dr. Prior.

The state or condition of being a lord; hence (with his or your), a title applied to a lord (except an archbishop or duke, who is called Grace) or a judge (in Great Britain), etc.

The state of bachelorhood; the whole body of bachelors.

To act the lord over.

The lord of a manor, or of land; the owner of land or houses which he leases to a tenant or tenants.

The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands. J. S. Mill.

The state of a landlord. [Obs.]

Lit., my lord; hence (as used on the Continent), an English nobleman or gentleman.

One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master. Freeman.

Lordship or supremacy of a person or a people over others. J. R. Green.

To deprive of the rank or position of a lord. Milton.