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How to use lord in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Lord means the master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor. Example: “The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.”

Examples of lord by meaning

nounA peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one.

  • The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord.1900 July 21, Daily Express

nounA magnate of a trade or profession.

  • The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.

nounSixpence.

  • Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement, 782/1

More sentences with lord

  • Good lord, you've built up a positive arsenal of weaponry here.From the entry positive
  • The vassals were subject to their lords, who in turn were subject to barons or kings.From the entry in turn
  • The crime lord dispatched his favorite hatchet man to make sure the witness would not testify.From the entry hatchet man
  • Lord forgive me, I'm down bad for a white boy again.From the entry down bad
  • Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!From the entry fly
  • The owner's son lorded it over the experienced managers.From the entry over
  • Lord Capulet and his wife threatened to disown their daughter Juliet if she didn’t go through with marrying Count Paris.From the entry disown
  • Lord willing and the creek don't rise, we'll have that new barn finished in time for the harvest.From the entry Lord willing and the creek don't rise
  • Lord Bentley has passed away; notify the next of kin.From the entry next of kin
  • The king spoke and the lords took heed.From the entry take heed
  • Lord, that boy sure can pack a punch.From the entry pack a punch
  • Lord, that moonshine sure does pack a punch.From the entry pack a punch
  • The chief lord over all other lords was the king.From the entry chief lord
  • They farmed this whole valley on the lay system back then, and the lord kept the horses and ploughmen busy.From the entry lay system
  • Most feudal obligations were owed to the chief lord of the estate, but others were owed only and directly to the king of the realm.From the entry chief lord
  • Lord John Russell defined the proverb as ‘the wisdom of many and the wit of one’.2021 [1996], Colin S.K. Walker, Scottish Proverbs, Edinburgh, Scotland: Birlinn, →ISBN. From the entry proverb
  • “Lord, I had me a good time down in Yazoo City.”2021, Percival Everett, The Trees, Influx Press (2022), page 121. From the entry Yazoo City
  • Remember this: anyone who steals from a lord steals bread from your own table.2020, Vesper Stamper, A Cloud of Outrageous Blue, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 49. From the entry wooler
  • But in their world, they are, if not royalty, lords of the realm.2018 September 23, Eliot A. Cohen, “The Crisis of the American Elites”, in The Atlantic. From the entry academic
  • Lord, my Aunt Elva was evil and I wished her dead!2016, Belinda Alexandra, “Ruby”, in Southern Ruby, Sydney, N.S.W.: HarperCollinsPublishers, →ISBN, page 28. From the entry doberge cake
  • But I have no familiarity with war as you have, or my lord brother, our Battlemaster.2016, Helen Lowe, Daughter of Blood (The Wall of Night; 3), Orbit, →ISBN, page 211. From the entry battlemaster
  • You are the first, and I hope the last, That eer made my lord lichtly me.'2013, Francis James Child, The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, →ISBN. From the entry lichtly
  • It was Chauncey DeGrandis, lord of the manor, trying in vain to assert his lord-dom.2013, Alex Bledsoe, Swords Are My Business. From the entry lorddom
  • The pilot fish accompanied its lord and master to the last second.2013, Thor Heyerdahl, Kon-Tiki, →ISBN, page 115. From the entry lord and master
  • Oh the woes and begoes of mankind,” smiled the good lord.2011, Loretto Gubernatis, Dimitrius and the Gladiolas. From the entry bego
  • I thank you, my lord, although many would call you a toad eater for such fine words.2011, Marsha Altman, The Road to Pemberley. From the entry toad eater
  • If Elliot was the get 'em guy guru; George Devine was lord of the bozone layer.2011 July 28, James Davidson II, “Chapter Nine”, in Some Like Them Dead, AuthorHouse, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry bozone layer
  • "Lord Jesus, how can the reporter file this story with a straight face?"2010 August 15, Paul Gallagher, The Observer. From the entry straight
  • “They came and saw the garden, and it was very Seelie, my lord.2008, Laurell K. Hamilton, Swallowing Darkness: A Novel, Ballantine Books, →ISBN. From the entry Seelie
  • "How he managed to light it, God knows, for he was as drunk as a lord.2006, Edward Marston, The Princess of Denmark: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery Featuring Nicholas Bracewell, St. Martin's Minotaur, →ISBN…. From the entry drunk as a lord
  • Three kings ago, my longfather taught the Everran lords that a king is not a corsair's figurehead.2005, Sylvia Kelso, Everran's Bane, page 20. From the entry longfather
  • And lord knows, if you want there's plenty of Spuffy and Spander to last a lifetime.2004 April 29, Kathryn Burlingham, “Re: You want fries with that?”, in soc.motss (Usenet). From the entry Spander
  • Lord Voryn Dagoth, Dagoth Ur, steadfast liegeman, faithful friend, bids you come and climb Red Mountain!2002 May 1, Bethesda Softworks, The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, →OCLC, Microsoft Windows, scene: Ashlander Informant. From the entry belie
  • "Lord love a duck, I hope she's not Carita Magenta's ghost.2000, Noreen Wald, Death Never Takes a Holiday. From the entry Lord love a duck
  • Quite possibly these northern lords maintained sporadic trade with Guayaquil in pre-Hispanic times.1999, María Rostworowski de Diez Canesco, “Economic Models”, in Harry B. Iceland, transl., History of the Inca Realm, Cambridge…. From the entry sumptuary
  • The oddly counted lords are always out of sync with at least one other evenly counted cycle.1998, Kay Almere Read, Time and Sacrifice in the Aztec Cosmos, page 107. From the entry evenly
  • "Good many of them drunk as lords," said DuBois of the established merriment of the guests.1997, Max Crawford, Lords of the Plain : A Novel, University of Oklahoma Press, →ISBN, page 183. From the entry drunk as a lord

Meaning of lord

  1. noun The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor.
  2. noun The male head of a household, a father or husband.
  3. noun The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession.

Full definition of lord

Questions about lord in a sentence

How do you use lord in a sentence?
Lord is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The Tobacco Lords were a group of Scottish merchants and slave traders who in the 18th century made enormous fortunes by trading in tobacco.”
What is a short sentence with lord?
“Fly, my lord! The enemy are upon us!”
What does lord mean?
Lord means the master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor.

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