lord

A title used for God, especially in Jewish and Christian beliefs.

• They thanked the Lord.
• She prayed to the Lord for strength.
• The choir sang a song praising the Lord.

Similar words: God, the Almighty

Common phrases: the lord, praise the lord, pray to the lord

A title for a man of high social rank, or a man who has this title.

• A lord opened the ceremony.
• Lord West joined the guests for dinner.
• Several lords supported the proposal in Parliament.

How to use it: Lord + name (Lord Ashford arrived with his daughter.)

Similar words: peer, nobleman

Common phrases: lord and lady, a british lord, lord of parliament

A man who has power over people or rules an area.

• The lord ruled the valley.
• Farmers paid rent to their local lord.
• The villagers asked the lord to protect them.

How to use it: lord of something (He was lord of the surrounding lands.)

Similar words: ruler, master, overlord

Common phrases: feudal lord, local lord, lord of something

A respectful title used for certain important officials, including some judges and mayors.

• The Lord Mayor welcomed the visitors.
• The lawyer addressed the judge as 'my lord'.
• The Lord Chancellor spoke at the ceremony.

How to use it: my lord (The lawyer said, 'My lord, I have one further question.')

Common phrases: lord mayor, lord chancellor, my lord, lord justice

A very rich and powerful man in a particular business or profession.

• The tobacco lords built grand houses.
• A wealthy coal lord paid for the new hall.
• Several media lords competed for control of the newspapers.

Similar words: magnate, tycoon, baron

Common phrases: tobacco lord, media lord, coal lord

To treat other people as less important and try to control them.

• Stop lording it over me.
• He lorded it over the other children.
• Does she always lord it over her staff like that?

How to use it: lord it over someone (She uses her job title to lord it over the rest of us.); lord over someone (He tried to lord over his younger brothers.)

Similar words: domineer, boss around

Common phrases: lord it over, lord over someone