unlordedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɔːdᵻd/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɔrdəd/ Now rare.† 2. Chiefly poetic. Not owned by, or subject to, a lord. Obsolete.
1. Not having the status of a lord; not granted the title and status of a lord. Also figurative.In some uses perhaps: deprived of the status of a lord; cf. unlord v.
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society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > lowness of birth > [adjective] > untitled or not invested with dignity
coatless1586
unknighted1596
undubbed1602
crestlessa1616
unraiseda1616
unlorded1641
unadditioneda1661
untitled1798
uncoroneted1817
unscutcheoned1827
unennobled1830
undiademed1846
titleless1881
1641 J. Milton Of Reformation 22 He that will mould a modern Bishop into a primitive, must yeeld him to be elected by the popular voyce, undiocest, unrevenu'd, unlorded.
1776 H. Croft Brother's Advice to Sisters (ed. 2) 10 A plain undoctored, unlorded crow quill.
1808 J. Bentham Sc. Reform 43 For doing Sheriff's work, we should be reduced to men as yet unlorded.
1846 Manch. Times 17 Jan. 7/4 This said lordly fallacy—for un-lorded men would hardly have thought upon it.
1947 Financial Times 13 Jan. 5/2 He has retired to farming and now toils in Rhodesia, unlorded and unlaurelled.
1975 Economist 6 Dec. 112/3 The former Chancellor of the Exchequer..goes unlorded.
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the mind > possession > non-possession > fact of not being possessed or owned > [adjective] > having no owner > having no landed proprietor
unlorded1806
squireless1887
1806 T. Moore Epistles, Odes 18 While peace..Walks o'er the free, unlorded soil.
1851 P. Godwin Vala viii. 44 Across thy vast unlorded plains, Freedom for aye shall build her home.
1914 W. S. Blunt Poet. Wks. II. 39 Thus he lived and died, unknown to all, untamed, unlorded.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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