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1.
lōrd
n.
558 quotations in 16 senses
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(a) The master of servants or slaves; the head of a household; the lord of a castle; also
fig.
;
lordes chaumbre
, the master apartment in a castle;
hous lord
[see
hous 7.
(d)]; (b) an owner of property…
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