(Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.
(Britain, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.
(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.
(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.
(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king
(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor
(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones
A magnate of a trade or profession.
A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one
One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)
One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)
verb
(intransitive and transitive) Domineer or act like a lord.
(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.
