Lord vs. Earl

Lordnoun

(obsolete) The master of the servants of a household; (historical) the master of a feudal manor

Lordnoun

(archaic) The male head of a household, a father or husband.

Lordnoun

(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession

Lordnoun

One possessing similar mastery over others; (historical) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler; in Scotland, a male member of the lowest rank of nobility (the equivalent rank in England is baron)

Lordnoun

(historical) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king

Lordnoun

A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one

Lordnoun

A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

Lordnoun

One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)

Lordnoun

The magnates of a trade or profession

Lordnoun

(astrology) The heavenly body considered to possess a dominant influence over an event, time, etc.

Lordnoun

A hunchback.

Lordnoun

Sixpence.

Lordverb

Domineer or act like a lord.

Lordverb

(transitive) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord; to grant the title of lord.

Lordnoun

A hump-backed person; - so called sportively.

Lordnoun

One who has power and authority; a master; a ruler; a governor; a prince; a proprietor, as of a manor.

Lordnoun

A titled nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an earl; in a restricted sense, a baron, as opposed to noblemen of higher rank.

Lordnoun

A title bestowed on the persons above named; and also, for honor, on certain official persons; as, lord advocate, lord chamberlain, lord chancellor, lord chief justice, etc.

Lordnoun

A husband.

Lordnoun

One of whom a fee or estate is held; the male owner of feudal land; as, the lord of the soil; the lord of the manor.

Lordnoun

The Supreme Being; Jehovah.

Lordnoun

The Savior; Jesus Christ.

Lordverb

To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.

Lordverb

To rule or preside over as a lord.

Lordverb

To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; - sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb; as, rich students lording it over their classmates.

Lordnoun

terms referring to the Judeo-Christian God

Lordnoun

a person who has general authority over others

Lordnoun

a titled peer of the realm

Lordverb

make a lord of someone

Lord

Lord is an appellation for a person or deity who has authority, control, or power over others, acting as a master, a chief, or a ruler. The appellation can also denote certain persons who hold a title of the peerage in the United Kingdom, or are entitled to courtesy titles.

Earlnoun

(entomology) Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Tanaecia. Other butterflies in this genus are called counts and viscounts.

Earlnoun

A nobleman of England ranking below a marquis, and above a viscount. The rank of an earl corresponds to that of a count (comte) in France, and graf in Germany. Hence the wife of an earl is still called countess. See Count.

Earlnoun

The needlefish.

Earlnoun

a British peer ranking below a Marquess and above a Viscount

Earl

Earl () is a rank of the nobility in Britain. The title originates in the Old English word eorl, meaning .