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lorded

lorded is the simple past and past participle of lord.

Meaning of lord

Verb

lord (third-person singular simple present lords, present participle lording, simple past and past participle lorded)

  1. (ambitransitive) To domineer or act like a lord.
    • The grisly toadstool grown there might I see, / And loathed paddocks lording on the same.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “December. Ægloga Duodecima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Iohn Wolfe for Iohn Harrison the yonger, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
    • He being thus lorded / Not only with what my revenue yielded, / But what my power might else exact, […] / he did believe / He was indeed the Dukec. 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 1, scene 2

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Phrases with lorded

Questions about lorded

What is lorded the simple past and past participle of?
Lorded is the simple past and past participle of lord.

Words near lorded in the dictionary

  1. lord-in-waiting
  2. Lord-Lieutenant
  3. Lord-Lieutenants
  4. lorddom
  5. lorddoms
  6. lorded
  7. lorded it over
  8. lorded over
  9. Lorden
  10. Lordens
  11. lordery

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