lording

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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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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