Lord High Admiral

An office dating from the 15c, William IV (when Duke of Clarence) being the last holder until the office was taken over by Elizabeth II in 1964

the Adˈmiralty or the Admiralty Board

1. The board administering the Royal Navy (since 1964 under the British Ministry of Defence)
2. The building where it transacts business

lord /lörd/ (with cap when used as a prefix)

1. A master
2. A feudal superior (also lordˈ-supeˈrior; historical)
3. A ruler
4. The proprietor of a manor (historical)
5. A titled nobleman, duke (not prefixed), marquess, earl, viscount or (esp) baron
6. A peer
7. By courtesy, the son of a duke or marquess, or the eldest son of an earl
8. A bishop, esp if a member of the House of Lords
9. A judge of the Court of Session
10. Used in various official titles, such as Lord Chief Justice
11. (with cap) God
12. (with cap) Christ
13. An owner (archaic)
14. A dominant person
15. A husband, esp in the phrase lord and master (archaic or facetious)

1. (with it) to act like a lord, tyrannize
2. To address as lord
3. To make a lord (archaic)

Expressing surprise (informal lor, lor’, law or lordˈy)

lordˈing noun (archaic)

1. Sir (usu in pl, gentlemen)
2. A petty lord

lordˈless adjective

lordˈlike adjective

lordˈliness noun

lordˈling noun

1. A little lord
2. A would-be lord (also lordˈkin)

lordˈly adjective

1. Like, befitting, or in the manner of a lord
2. Magnificent
3. Lavish
4. Lofty
5. Haughty, proud
6. Tyrannical

In a lordly manner

lordolˈatry noun (joc)

Worship of nobility

lordˈship noun

1. The state or condition of being a lord
2. The territory of a lord (historical)
3. Dominion
4. Authority
5. Used in referring to or addressing a lord (with his or your), or a woman sheriff or judge (with her or your)

Lord Advocate see under advocate

Lord Chancellor see under chancellor

Lord Chief Justice see under justice

Lord High Admiral see under admiral

Lord Lieutenant see under lieutenant

Lord Mayor see under mayor

Lord Muck see under muck

Lord of Appeal in Ordinary noun

A judge appointed to the House of Lords to hear appeals to the House in its capacity as court of final appeal

Lord of Misrule see under misrule

Lord of Session noun

A judge of the Court of Session

Lord Provost see under provost

lords and ladies noun (botany)

Common arum

Lord's Day noun

Sunday

Lords Ordinary plural noun

The judges forming the Outer House of the Court of Session

Lord's Prayer noun

The prayer that Christ taught his disciples (Matthew 6.9–13)

Lords Spiritual plural noun

The archbishops and bishops (and formerly mitred abbots) in the House of Lords

Lord's Supper noun

Holy communion

Lord's table noun

The communion table

Lords Temporal plural noun

The lay peers

lord-superior see lord (n) above.

drunk as a lord

Extremely drunk

House of Lords

The upper house of the British parliament

live like a lord

To live in luxury

Lord knows (who, what, etc)

I don't know, and I doubt if anybody knows

My Lord /mi-lördˈ or mi-ludˈ/

1. Used in addressing a judge or other lord
2. Formerly also used as a prefix