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Lord

Pronunciation: /lɔːd/

The English word “Lord” has 12 meanings listed here.

proper noun

  1. The Abrahamic deity of the Jewish, Christian, and Islamic faiths.
  2. The God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures.
  3. God the Father; the Godhead.
  4. Jesus Christ, God the Son.
  5. Any other deity particularly important to a religion or a worshipper.

interjection

  1. An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.

noun

  1. A formal title of the lesser British nobility, used for a lord of the manor or Lord Proprietor.
  2. A generic title used in reference to any peer of the British nobility or any peer below the dignity of duke and (as a courtesy title) for the younger sons of dukes and marquesses (see usage note).
  3. Similar formal and generic titles in other countries.
  4. An additional title added to denote the dignity of certain high officials, such as the "Lord Mayors" of major cities in the British Commonwealth
  5. The elected president of a festival.
  6. A high priest.

Etymology

See lord. In reference to the God of the Jewish Tanakh and Christian Bible, originally a translation (attested from the late Old English form hlāford) of the Vulgate Latin Dominus (“master of a house; lord”), translating the New Testament and the Septuagint's Ancient Greek ὁ κύριος or Κύριος (ó kýrios, "the supreme one; Lord, Kyrios"), both in reference to Hebrew אֲדֹנָי (ʾdny, "my lord; my Lord,…

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