The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lord \Lord\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n.
Lording.]
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.
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The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser.
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I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak.
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And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lording \Lord"ing\, n. [Lord + -ing, 3.]
1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.]
--Spenser.
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2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or
ridicule. [Obs.] --Swift.
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Note: In the plural, a common ancient mode of address
equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters."
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Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech.
--Chaucer.
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