## Meanings
1. A man of high rank in the nobility, or his title.
2. A man who has power or authority over others, such as a ruler or master.
3. To behave in a proud, superior way toward others.

## Examples
- The lord owned all the land surrounding the village.
- In the Middle Ages, peasants worked the fields of their lord.
- He loves to lord his success over his old classmates.

## Synonyms
- elevate
- ennoble
- invest

## Derived Forms
- belord
- dragonlord
- druglord
- ganglord
- gutlord
- jerry-lord
- jew-lord
- laird
- landlord
- lord-dom
- lord-fish
- lord-in-waiting

## Related Forms
- lady
- laird

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: lord
- Root: hlāford

## Etymology
From Middle English lord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old English hlāford < hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf (“bread”) + weard (“guardian”); see loaf and ward. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin dominus. Compare Scots laird (“lord”), preserving a separate vowel development (from northern/Scottish Middle English lard,…

## AI Etymology
Lord comes from Middle English lord and lorde (attested from the 15th century), from earlier (14th century) lourde and other variants which dropped the intervocalic consonant of earlier lowerd, louerd, loverd, laford, and lhoaverd; from Old English hlāford < hlāfweard, a compound of hlāf (“bread”) + weard (“guardian”); see loaf and ward. The term was already being applied broadly prior to the literary development of Old English and was influenced by its common use to translate Latin dominus. The historical chain includes lord (Middle English) and hlāford (Old English). The surrounding word family includes derived forms such as belord, dragonlord, druglord, and ganglord and related forms such as lady and laird. In present use it covers a man of high rank in the nobility, or his title, a man who has power or authority over others, such as a ruler or master, and to behave in a proud, superior way toward others.

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