(archaic) The owner of a house, piece of land, or other possession
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1480, Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316
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All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte thar houses.
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ante 1637, Ben Jonson, Sad Shepherd, ii. i. 36
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A mightie Lord of Swine!
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1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
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Turnus […] Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord.
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1874, J. H. Collins, “Principles of Metal Mining”, in Gloss, published 1875, 139/2:
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Lord, the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘lord’.