lord
/lɔːd/ nounDefinition
› [C, U] (also Lord) a man of high social rank, or a title given to a man who has earned official respect, in the UK: Lord Lichfield The lords and ladies assembled in the hall.
the Lord › God or Christ
Good Lord! informal › something you say when you are surprised or angry: Good Lord! Is that the time? → See also House of Lords
(Definition of lord noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
Our dictionaries
Browse the Thesaurus
Browse the Dictionary
Word of the Day
Blog
Read our blog about how the English language behaves.
New Words
Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.
