(a) one of the members of the House of Lords qualified to take part in its judicial business; (b) in Scotland colloquial, one of those judges who…
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| 释义 | society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > types of member of House of Lords (5) law-lord1773 (a) one of the members of the House of Lords qualified to take part in its judicial business; (b) in Scotland colloquial, one of those judges who… lay lord1863 a peer who is not a lawyer; opposed to law lord. backwoodsman1909 In modern politics applied to a member of the House of Lords who rarely, if ever, attends meetings of that body, but is prepared on occasion to… overlord1951 More generally: a person whose authority overreaches the authority of others; (British Politics) a minister with authority over departmental… backwoods peer1956 General attributive. Also backwood. Also in combinations, as backwoods-trained adj.; backwoods peer = backwoodsman, n. 2. |
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