The meaning of Lords

noun

A member of the aristocracy.

Usage examples:

A decadent old blue-blooded aristocrat

verb

Exist.

Usage examples:

There are no easy answers

prefix

(forming verbs) all over; all round.

Usage examples:

Bespatter

abbreviation

Bachelor of education.

phrasal verb

To tell someone what to do

Usage examples:

She waved her friend over as if bossing around a maid.

phrasal verb

Be bossy towards

phrasal verb

To tell someone what to do

Usage examples:

She waved her friend over as if bossing around a maid.

verb

Intimidate (someone), typically into doing something, with stern or abusive words.

Usage examples:

A witness is being browbeaten under cross-examination

verb

To ask or demand continually that someone do something

Usage examples:

He objected that mcdonald was browbeating the witness.

noun

A person who habitually seeks to harm or intimidate those whom they perceive as vulnerable.

Usage examples:

He is a ranting, domineering bully

verb

Seek to harm, intimidate, or coerce (someone perceived as vulnerable).

Usage examples:

Her 11- year-old son has been constantly bullied at school

adjective

Very good; excellent.

Usage examples:

The statue really looked bully

verb

Have power and influence over.

Usage examples:

The company dominates the market for operating system software

verb

Be in control

verb

To have control over a place or a person, or to be the most important person or thing

Usage examples:

[ t ] it was the story that dominated the headlines this week., [ t ] the rams dominated the footba…

verb

Assert one's will over another in an arrogant way.

Usage examples:

She doesn't domineer, preferring to lead by inspiration rather than by intimidation

noun

A male holding the highest hereditary title in the british and certain other peerages.

Usage examples:

News broke of the duke's departure

verb

Fight it out.

Usage examples:

The spectacle of two gigantic beasts duking it out in an epic monster showdown

noun

A british nobleman ranking above a viscount and below a marquess.

Usage examples:

Her husband the earl had died

noun

A spanish or portuguese nobleman of the highest rank.

Usage examples:

The atmospheric spot is decorated like a spanish grandee's mansion.

noun

An important person, especially in a particular job or area of public life

noun

A person who owns land, especially a large amount of land.

Usage examples:

In areas that are privately owned, the council encourages the landowners to keep their land free fr…

noun

Someone who owns land, often a lot of land

noun

Someone who owns land, usually a lot of land

Usage examples:

Many large landowners in the uk have decided to work with energy companies to harness the power of …

adjective

Belonging by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy.

Usage examples:

The medieval palace was once owned by a noble florentine family

noun

(especially in former times) a person of noble rank or birth.

Usage examples:

The greater a noble's military power, the more land he could control

noun

A man who belongs by rank, title, or birth to the aristocracy; a peer.

Usage examples:

His voluminous surviving correspondence is full of letters from noblemen of all ranks eager to gain…

noun

A member of the nobility (= the highest social rank in a society)

verb

Keep (someone) in subjection and hardship, especially by the unjust exercise of authority.

Usage examples:

A system which oppressed working people

verb

To govern people in an unfair and cruel way and prevent them from having opportunities and freedom

Usage examples:

In his speech he spoke against those who continue to oppress the poor., he's feeling oppressed by t…

noun

An aristocrat or nobleman.

Usage examples:

Ideology justifies the rule of each ruling class, whether as chieftains, patricians, landowners, or…

adjective

Belonging to or characteristic of the aristocracy.

Usage examples:

A proud, patrician face

noun

A person of high social class

Usage examples:

She is descended from a long line of patricians

verb

Look with difficulty or concentration at someone or something.

Usage examples:

Faye peered at her with suspicion

noun

A member of the nobility in britain or ireland, comprising the ranks of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.

Usage examples:

Hereditary peers could still dominate the proceedings of the house of lords

verb

Make or become equal with.

Usage examples:

The thames could not peer with the mill-streamlet close to my home

verb

Subdue (someone or something) by force.

Usage examples:

The uprisings were repressed

noun

A feudal lord; the lord of a manor.

Usage examples:

The knightly class soon ceased to be purely professional soldiers and became landed proprietors in …

verb

Rule or treat (someone) despotically or cruelly.

Usage examples:

She tyrannized her family

verb

To treat someone cruelly, controlling everything that they do

Usage examples:

He was one of those school bullies who tyrannized the whole playground.

noun

A british nobleman ranking above a baron and below an earl.

Usage examples:

The wives of a king, prince, duke, marquess, earl, viscount and baron are queen, princess, duchess,…

noun

(the title of) a british man of high social rank, between an earl and a baron