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lording

[ lawr-ding ]
/ ˈlɔr dɪŋ /
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noun Archaic.

lord.
Often lordings. lords; sirs; gentlemen (often used as a term of address).

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Origin of lording

1150–1200; Middle English; Old English hlāfording prince, literally, offspring of a lord, equivalent to hlāfordlord + -ing-ing3

Words nearby lording

Lord Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Lord Haw-Haw, Lord High Chancellor, Lord Howe Island, lording, lord-in-waiting, lord it over, Lord Jim, Lord Justice of Appeal, lordless
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Words related to lording

sashay, strut, prance, gloat, bluster, saunter, swank, bully, boast, cock, swell, pontificate, grandstand, sweep, brandish, hector, brag, flourish, lord, sway

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British Dictionary definitions 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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