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

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

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

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.

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

A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one.

(obsolete, uncommon) A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones.

One possessing mastery in figurative senses.

A magnate of a trade or profession.

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

(Britain, slang, obsolete) A hunchback.

(Britain, Australia, via Cockney rhyming slang, obsolete) Sixpence.

Domineer or act like a lord.

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