lording
[ lawr-ding ]
/ ˈlɔr dɪŋ /
noun Archaic.
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RELATED WORDS
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Nearby words
- lord's prayer,
- lord's supper,
- lord's table,
- lord, what fools these mortals be!,
- lord-in-waiting,
- lordless,
- lordling,
- lordly,
- lordoscoliosis,
- lordosis
Origin of lording
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Examples from the Web for lording
lording
/ (ˈlɔːdɪŋ) /
noun
archaic a gentleman; lord: used in the plural as a form of address
an obsolete word for lordling
Word Origin for lording
Old English hlāfording, from hlāford lord + -ing ³, suffix indicating descent
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