Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Archaic Used as a form of address for a lord.
- noun Obsolete A lordling.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A lord; master; in address, in the plural, sirs; masters; gentlemen.
- noun A young or little lord; a lordling; also, a little lord in a derogatory sense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.
- noun obsolete A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaic
lord - noun obsolete
lordling - verb Present participle of
lord .
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Examples
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Yeah, nice to see Adobe's new "Orange Blue Contrast" Photoshop plug-in lording it over the Kraken poster
Clash of the Titans Posters/Banners… Now in 3D! | /Film 2010
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My perception is that democrats are power hungry despotic wannabees who are only interested in lording over others.
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The lesson is that whereas you are perfectly entitled to ask sharp questions and to insist on answers from the lawyer, you've got to stop short of being overbearing and just kind of lording it over a person because you're the judge and then the lawyer can't talk back to you.
Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson 1992
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I remember saying at other blogs prior to the election that king hussein and his angry followers would be 'lording' over America.
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Snyder has done this while lording over a franchise with the most racist name in sports, a name that harkens back to team founder George Preston Marshall's segregationist and proudly racist politics.
Dave Zirin: Washington Football Owner Dan Snyder Offends Everybody Dave Zirin 2011
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Snyder has done this while lording over a franchise with the most racist name in sports, a name that harkens back to team founder George Preston Marshall's segregationist and proudly racist politics.
Dave Zirin: Washington Football Owner Dan Snyder Offends Everybody Dave Zirin 2011
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Snyder has done this while lording over a franchise with the most racist name in sports, a name that harkens back to team founder George Preston Marshall's segregationist and proudly racist politics.
Dave Zirin: Washington Football Owner Dan Snyder Offends Everybody Dave Zirin 2011
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Revered by some and reviled by many, Monsieur Arthens has been lording it over the world's most esteemed chefs for years, passing judgment on their creations, deciding their fates with a stroke of his pen, destroying and building reputations on a whim.
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Snyder has done this while lording over a franchise with the most racist name in sports, a name that harkens back to team founder George Preston Marshall's segregationist and proudly racist politics.
Dave Zirin: Washington Football Owner Dan Snyder Offends Everybody Dave Zirin 2011
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Snyder has done this while lording over a franchise with the most racist name in sports, a name that harkens back to team founder George Preston Marshall's segregationist and proudly racist politics.
Dave Zirin: Washington Football Owner Dan Snyder Offends Everybody Dave Zirin 2011
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