Lord

Synonyms:

noble, nobleman

Antonyms:

Lady, noblewoman, peeress

a woman of the peerage in Britain

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Don Juan

a legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer who became the hero of many poems and plays and operas

Roger de Mortimer

English nobleman who deposed Edward II and was executed by Edward III (1287-1330)

Nancy Witcher Astor

British politician (born in the United States) who was the first woman to sit in the British House of Commons (1879-1964)

First Marquess Cornwallis

commander of the British forces in the American War of Independence; was defeated by American and French troops at Yorktown (1738-1805)

Duke of Lancaster

the fourth son of Edward III who was the effective ruler of England during the close of his father's reign and during the minority of Richard II; his son was Henry Bolingbroke (1340-1399)

Earl of Leicester

an English nobleman who led the baronial rebellion against Henry III (1208-1265)

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armiger

a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms

baron

a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

burgrave

a nobleman ruling a German castle and surrounding grounds by hereditary right

count

a nobleman (in various countries) having rank equal to a British earl

duke

a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

grandee

a nobleman of highest rank in Spain or Portugal

margrave

a German nobleman ranking above a count (corresponding in rank to a British marquess)

marquess, marquis

nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count

mesne lord

a feudal lord who was lord to his own tenants on land held from a superior lord

milord

a term of address for an English lord

palatine, palsgrave

(Middle Ages) the lord of a palatinate who exercised sovereign powers over his lands

peer

a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

sire

a title of address formerly used for a man of rank and authority

thane

a feudal lord or baron

viscount

(in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count

baron

a British peer of the lowest rank

count palatine

a count who exercised royal authority in his own domain

duke

a British peer of the highest rank

earl

a British peer ranking below a marquess and above a viscount

Earl Marshal

an officer of the English peerage who organizes royal processions and other ceremonies

landgrave

a count who had jurisdiction over a large territory in medieval Germany

life peer

a British peer whose title lapses at death

marquess

a British peer ranking below a duke and above an earl

peer of the realm

a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords

viscount

a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron

viscountess

a noblewoman holding the rank of viscount in her own right

Type of:

male aristocrat

a man who is an aristocrat

Synonyms:

Almighty, Creator, Divine, God Almighty, Godhead, Jehovah, Maker

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Father-God

God when considered as the first person in the Trinity

Logos

the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus)

Holy Spirit

the third person in the Trinity; Jesus promised the Apostles that he would send the Holy Spirit after his Crucifixion and Resurrection; it came on Pentecost

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God, Supreme Being

the supernatural being conceived as the perfect and omnipotent and omniscient originator and ruler of the universe; the object of worship in monotheistic religions

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Blessed Trinity, Holy Trinity, Sacred Trinity, Trinity

the union of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost in one Godhead

hypostasis, hypostasis of Christ

any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united