Meaning of lord In English

• 0 a male peer

  • Several alleged drug lords are to be put on trial.

• 1 to behave as if you are better than someone and have the right to tell them what to do:

  • He likes to lord it over his little sister.

• 2 a title used in front of the names of male peers and officials of very high rank:

  • Lord Longford

  • the Lord Chancellor

• 3 (in the Christian religion) God or Jesus Christ:

  • Praise the Lord!

  • [ as form of address ] Lord, hear our prayer.

• 4 (in some countries) a title of a man who has a specially high social rank, or the person himself

  • a feudal lord

  • a crime lord

• 5 (in the Christian and Jewish religions) God

  • Oh Lord! I’ve forgotten the tickets!