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chief lords

chief lords is the plural of chief lord.

Meaning of chief lord

Noun

chief lord (plural chief lords)

  1. (historical) Synonym of overlord: the lord of a fee immediately owed personal service or rent by a tenant, a tenant's liege lord.
    • Forinsec, or Extrinsec, or Regal Service, was a Service which did not belong to the chief Lord, but to the King.1728, E. Chambers, Cyclopaedia, Service
    Synonyms:
    overlord
  2. (inexact) Synonym of overlord: a lord over other lords, a lord paramount.
    • The chief lord over all other lords was the king.
    Synonyms:
    overlord

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What is chief lords the plural of?
Chief lords is the plural of chief lord.

Words near chief lords in the dictionary

  1. chief justice
  2. chief justices
  3. chief legal officer
  4. chief legal officers
  5. chief lord
  6. chief lords
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  8. chief mates
  9. chief medical advisor
  10. chief medical advisors
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