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Meanings of lord in English

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The Superior Being, the Creator, the Spirit because of which and in whom everything is, as He is being named by monotheists, mostly Jews and Christians.

Portuguese
todo-poderoso
Catalan
déu totpoderós

Terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God.

todo-poderoso
Portuguese
lorde
Catalan
aristòcrata
Spanish
señor

A titled peer of the realm.

lorde
Portuguese
castelão
Catalan
senyor
Spanish
amo

A person who has general authority over others.

castelão
Usage of lord in English
1
I know but the fact, my lord; it is most certainly true.
In a glass darkly
2
Bethune said, 'I shall show you the temporary headquarters building, m' lord.
Second to None
3
The best part of our power remains with my lord father, though.
A feast for crows
4
Ser Vardis Egen, you were ever my lord husband's good right hand.
A Game of Thrones
5
So you have come back to see the meenadds feed, young lord?
The Sandman Book of Dreams
6
True, but there is still much work to be done, my lord.
The fifth servant
7
Those in the bows leant over to drag in the young lord.
The Heir of Kilfinnan: A Tale of the Shore and Ocean
8
A crime lord from Blackwolf's past, maybe connected to his siblings' disappearance.
Soon I will be invincible
9
Next Thursday, five million Londoners vote for their first directly-elected lord mayor.
The Irish Times
10
Galbraith presented his own glass and said quietly, 'Absent friends, my lord.'
Relentless Pursuit
11
The lord of Sachi is adored in the heavens by the Apsaras.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 / Books 8,...
12
It's a moment before Tomas realises what the young lord has done.
The pretender's crown
13
You hear nagging in my words, my lord, but I mean none.
The pretender's crown
14
There was not one lord in the neighbourhood; no-noteven a baronet.
Northanger Abbey
15
The antechamber, the room of the squires, the bedchamber of the lord.
The Firefly of France
16
A lord must learn that sometimes words can accomplish what swords cannot.
A Game of Thrones
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Russian
лорд
Lord through the time
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