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lordings

lordings is the plural of lording.

Meaning of lording

Noun

lording (plural lordings)

  1. (archaic) A lord.
    • How now my Lords of Egypt & Zenocrate?
      Now muſt your iewels be reſtor’d againe:
      And I that triumpht ſo be ouercome.
      How ſay you Lordings, Is not this your hope?c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
  2. (obsolete) A lordling; a little lord.

Questions about lordings

What is lordings the plural of?
Lordings is the plural of lording.

Words near lordings in the dictionary

  1. Lordi
  2. lordie
  3. lording
  4. lording it over
  5. lording over
  6. lordings
  7. Lordis
  8. lordish
  9. lordishly
  10. lordkin
  11. lordkins

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