Definition of Lording

1. n. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.

Definition of Lording

1. Noun. (archaic) lord ¹

2. Noun. (obsolete) lordling ¹

3. Verb. (present participle of lord) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lording

1. a lordling [n -S] - See also: lordling

Medical Definition of Lording

1. 1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. 2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters." "Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech." (Chaucer) Origin: Lord + -ing, 3. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lording

loratadine
lorate
lorazepam
lorazepams
lorcainide
lorcha
lorchas
lorchel
lord
lord it over
lord of the flies
lord protector
lorded
lordest
lordeth
lording (current term)
lordings
lordkin
lordkins
lordless
lordlier
lordliest
lordlike
lordliness
lordlinesses
lordling
lordlings
lordly
lordolatry
lordoma

Literary usage of Lording

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1872)
"lording, *. A lord. Originally rather a diminutive of endearment, than of ridicule ... As he at counsel! sat upon n day, With other lording!, ..."

2. The Battle Abbey Roll: With Some Account of the Norman Lineages by Battle Abbey (1889)
"... the great Yorkshire barons, and were a dominant and dauntless race, lording it over many a mile of the wild dales and moorlands of Hope and Arkendale, ..."

3. Anecdotal Reminiscences of Distinguished Literary and Political Characters. by George Jones (1830)
"*Then, my dear Sir," replied his more considerate friend, " you should treat him as a man; all this while you have been lording it over a Lord; ..."

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