3. landlord, proprietor, owner, landowner, landholder; feudal lord or superior, feudal overlord, Hist. suzerain; seigneur, Japanese Hist, daimyo, signor; squire, Scot. laird, Russian Hist, boyar, (in medieval Germany) landgrave.
4. nobleman, noble, peer; grand duke, archduke, duke, marquis, margrave, earl, count, viscount, baron; grandee, magnifico, don, hidalgo.
5. Lord God, God Almighty, the Almighty, the Godhead, Divine Being, The Deity, Providence, Holy One; God the Father, Divine Father, Our Father; Jehovah, Yahweh, Allah; the Supreme Being, Supreme Goodness, the All-Powerful, the Omnipotent, the All-Merciful, the All-Wise, the All-Knowing, the Omniscient; the Infinite, the Eternal, the Absolute; Lord of Lords, King of Kings, King of Glory; Creator, Author of all things, the Maker, the Maker of Heaven and Earth, the First Cause, the Prime Mover, the Light of the World, Ruler of Heaven and Earth, Sovereign of the Universe, Most High.
6. Lord Jesus, Jesus Christ, Christ, Christ Jesus, Christ the Lord; Jesus of Nazareth, the Nazarene, the Galilean, Literary. Jesu; the Redeemer, the Savior, Emmanuel, Immanuel, the Messiah, the Star of David, the Son of David, the Anointed, the Expected One; the Son of God, the Son of Man, the Prince of Peace, God Incarnate, the Incarnation, God in Man.
-v. 7. lord it over play the lord, boss or boss around, command, dictate to, order around, tell [s.o.] what to do, direct, control; domineer, rule with an iron or heavy hand, be overbearing, rule dictatorially; tyrannize, oppress, repress, keep down, suppress.
lordly, adj. 1. lordlike, kinglike, kingly, regal, royal, imperial, noble, princely; formal, dignified, stately, splendid, impressive, imposing, grandiose; grand, magnificent, glorious, majestic, august; high, lofty, exalted, sublime; elegant, lavish, sumptuous, luxurious, Inf. swank, Inf. swanky, Inf. posh, Sl. ritzy, Sl. classy, high-class.
2. imperious, magisterial, high and mighty, overbearing, overweening, domineering; high-handed, arbitrary, presumptuous, peremptory, arrogant, haughty, insolent; cocky, overconfident, conceited, proud, condescending, patronizing, Inf. uppity, Inf uppish, snobbish, snobby, Inf. snotty, Inf. snooty; self-assertive, aggressive, pushing, Inf. pushy, willful, forceful, imperative, commanding; masterful, authori-. tarian, authoritative, Inf. bossy, dictatorial; despotic, autocratic, tyrannical, iron-handed, oppressive.
-adv. 3. imperiously, magisterially, overbearingly, overweeningly, domineeringly; high-handedly, arbitrarily, presumptuously, peremptorily, arrogantly, haughtily, insolently; cockily, overconfidently, conceitedly, proudly, condescendingly, patronizingly, Inf. uppishly, snobbishly, snobbily, Inf. snottily, Inf snootily.
lore, n. 1. folklore, traditional knowledge or teachings.
2. knowledge, know-how, learning, erudition, letters, scholarship; book learning, education, schooling, instruction, tuition.
lose, v. 1. misplace, mislay; forget, Inf clean forget, not remember, disremember, have no remembrance or recollection of, Inf. draw a blank; lose sight of, lose in the crowd.
2. outstrip, overtake, overhaul, pass, lap, leave behind, leave in the dust, leave flatfooted.
3. elude, evade, escape, duck, dodge, give ]s.o.] the slip, Sl. duck and run, Sl. dog it, Sl. ditch [s.o.] Sl.
