Definition of lord

• n. - A hump-backed person; -- so called sportively.
• n. - One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.
• n. - A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a boron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.
• n. - A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.
• n. - A husband.
• n. - One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.
• n. - The Supreme Being; Jehovah.
• n. - The Savior; Jesus Christ.
• v. t. - To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.
• v. t. - To rule or preside over as a 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.