Lord vs Lady - What's the difference?

Lady is a coordinate term of lord.

Lady is a antonym of lord.

In historical terms the difference between lord and lady

is that lord is a feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king while lady is The mistress of a household.

In wicca terms the difference between lord and lady

is that lord is a high priest while lady is a high priestess.

As nouns the difference between lord and lady

is that lord is the master of the servants of a household; the master of a feudal manor while lady is The mistress of a household.

As proper nouns the difference between lord and lady

is that lord is the God of Abraham and the Jewish scriptures, God the Father; the Godhead while Lady is the title for the (primary) female deity in female-centered religions.

As a verb lord

is domineer or act like a lord.

As an interjection Lord

is An interjection variously expressing astonishment, surprise, resignation.

lord
English
(Lord)
Noun
(en noun)
(label) The master of the servants of a household; (label) the master of a feudal manor

*c. 950 , (Lindisfarne Gospels), Matt. xxiv. 46

*:Eadig ðe]] ðone miððy cymes hlaferd his on-fand sua [[doing, doende.

*1611 , (King James Bible), Matt. xxiv. 46

*:Ble??ed]] is that finde [[so, ?o doing.

*1600 , (William Shakespeare), , iii. ii. 167 ff.

*:Por . ...But now, I was the Lord

*:of this faire man?ion]], of my [[servants, ?eruants,

*:Queene]] oer [[myself, my ?elfe...

*1794 , E. Christian in (William Blackstone), (Commentaries on the Laws of England) , II. 418

*:Lords of manors are distinguished from other land-owners with regard to the game.

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

#*831 , charter in Henry Sweet, The oldest English texts , 445

#*:Ymbe ðet lond et cert ðe hire eðelmod hire hlabard salde.

#*1594 , (William Shakespeare), "(The Rape of Lucrece)"

#*:...thou worthie Lord ,

#*:Of that vnworthie]] wife that [[greets, greeteth thee

#*c. 1591 , (William Shakespeare), (The Taming of the Shrew) (1623), v. ii. 131 f.

#*:Pet. Katherine , I charge thee, tell the?e]] [[head-strong, head-?trong women,

#*:What dutie]] they doe owe their Lords and [[husbands, hu?bands!

#*1611 , (King James Bible), Gen. xviii. 12

#*:Therefore Sarah laughed within her ?elfe]], , my lord being old [[also, al?o?

#*1816 , (Jane Austen), , III. xvi. 300

#*:Yes, here I am, my good friend; and here I have been so long, that anywhere else I should think it necessary to apologise; but, the truth is, that I am waiting for my lord and master.

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

#*ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 601 f.

#*:Als]] oure lauerd has [[heaven, heuen in hand

#*:Sua]] [[should, suld man be lauerd of land.

#*1480 , Waterford Archives in the 10th Report of the Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts (1885), App. v. 316

#*:All suche lordes as have gutters betuxte]] [[their, thar houses.

#*ante'' 1637 , (Ben Jonson), ''Sad Shepherd , ii. i. 36

#*:A mightie Lord of Swine!

#*1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro)'s Æneis , xii

#*:Turnus...

#*:Wrench'd from his feeble hold the shining Sword;

#*:And plung'd it in the Bosom of its Lord .

#*1874 , J. H. Collins, Principles of Metal Mining (1875), Gloss. 139/2

#*:Lord''''', the owner of the land in which a mine is situated is called the ‘' lord ’.

One possessing similar mastery over others; (label) any feudal superior generally; any nobleman or aristocrat; any chief, prince, or sovereign ruler

*c. 893 , Orosius's History , i. i. §13

*:Ohthere sæde his hlaforde , Ælfrede cyninge, þæt...

* 1530 , John Palsgrave, Lesclarcissement , 680/1

It is a pytuouse]] case... whan subjectes rebell [[against, agaynst their naturall lorde .

* 1667 , (John Milton), (Paradise Lost) , xii. 70

Man over men He made not Lord .

# (label) A feudal tenant holding his manor directly of the king

# A peer of the realm, particularly a temporal one

#* ante 1375 , William of Palerne (1867), l.4539

To fare out as fast with his fader to speke, & with lordesse of þat]] [[land, lond.

#* ante'' 1420 , T. Hoccleve, ''De Regimine Principum , 442

Men myghten lordis knowe

By there]] arraye, from [[other, oþir folke.

#* 1453 , Rolls of Parliament, V. 266/2

If such persone bee of the estate of a Lord , as Duc]], Marques, Erle, Viscount or [[baron, Baron.

#* 1597 , (William Shakespeare), (The life and death of King Richard the Second) , iv.i.18

Princes, and noble Lords :

What an?wer]] I make to this [[base, ba?e man?

#* 1614 , J. Selden, Titles of Honor , 59

Our English name Lord , whereby we and the Scots stile]] all such as are of the Greater [[nobility, Nobilitie i. Barons, as also Bishops.

#* 1900 July 21, Daily Express , 5/7

The Englishman of to-day still dearly loves a lord .

# A baron or lesser nobleman, as opposed to greater ones

#* 1526 , W. Bonde, Pylgrimage of Perfection , i. sig. Bviiiv

Farre]] excellyng the state of lordes , erles, dukes or [[kings, kynges.

#* 1826 , (Benjamin Disraeli), Vivian Grey , II. iii. iii. 26

The Marquess played off the two Lords and the Baronet against his former friend.

One possessing similar mastery in figurative senses (esp. as lord of ~)

* ante'' 1300 , ''Cursor Mundi , 782

O wityng bath]] [[good, god and ill ?ee suld be lauerds at ?our will.

* 1398 , John Trevisa translating Bartholomew de Glanville's De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495), viii. xvi. 322

The sonne]] is the lorde of [[planets, planetes.

1697 , (John Dryden) translating (Publius Virgilius Maro) as (Georgics) , iii

Love is Lord of all.

* 1992 November 18, (Larry David), (Seinfeld) , 4.11: "(The Contest)":

But are you still master of your domain?

I am king of the county. You?

Lord of the manor.

# The magnates of a trade or profession

#* 1823 , W. Cobbett, Rural Rides (1885), I. 399

Oh, Oh! The cotton Lords are tearing!

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

* (Geoffrey Chaucer), Treatise on the Astrolabe , ii. §4:

The assendent]], & eke the lord of the assendent, may be shapen for to be fortunat or infortunat, as thus, a fortunat assendent clepen they whan hows of the [[ascendant, assendent.

A hunchback.

*1699 , B.E., A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew :

Lord , a very crooked, deformed... Person.

Sixpence.

* 1933 November 16, Times Literary Supplement , 782/1:

Twenty years ago you might hear a sixpence described as a ‘Lord ’ meaning ‘Lord of the Manor’; that is, a tanner.

Derived terms
* lord mesne, lord paramount, lord in gross, lord of the manor * House of Lords, Lords Temporal, Lords Spiritual * drunk as a lord * lord-in-waiting, lord of the bedchamber, lord superior * lords of creation * warlord * landlord * lord-fish
Synonyms
* drighten, possessor, proprietor, sovereign
See also
* lady
Verb
(en verb)
Domineer or act like a lord.

(label) To invest with the dignity, power, and privileges of a lord.

(Shakespeare)

Derived terms
* lord it over
References
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lady
English

Noun
(wikipedia lady) (ladies)
(historical) The mistress of a household.

*
, chapter=16 , passage="he said to her, From whence comest thou Hagar, the servantess of Sarai (Sarai’s slave-girl), and whither goest thou? Which answered, I flee from the face of Sarai, my lady.”}}
A woman of breeding or higher class, a woman of authority.

* {{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=6 citation , passage=‘[…] I remember a lady coming to inspect St. Mary's Home where I was brought up and seeing us all in our lovely Elizabethan uniforms we were so proud of, and bursting into tears all over us because “it was wicked to dress us like charity children”. […]’.}}

* Lowell

lord or lady of high degree

* Shakespeare

Of all these bounds, even from this line to this, / We make thee lady .

(polite, or, used by children) A woman: an adult female human.

(in the plural)

*
, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=4 , passage=The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on an afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track. The three returned wondering and charmed with Mrs. Cooke; they were sure she had had no hand in the furnishing of that atrocious house.}}

(slang)

Toilets intended for use by women.

(familiar) A wife or girlfriend; a sweetheart.

* (William Shakespeare), (Romeo and Juliet)

But soft, what light through yonder window breaks...? It is my lady , O it is my love!

(Goldsmith)

A woman to whom the particular homage of a knight was paid; a woman to whom one is devoted or bound.

* Waller

The soldier here his wasted store supplies, / And takes new valour from his lady's eyes.

(slang) A queen (the playing card).

(dated, attributive, with a professional title) Who is a woman.

(Wicca) .

The triturating apparatus in the stomach of a lobster, consisting of calcareous plates; so called from a fancied resemblance to a seated female figure.

Derived terms
* bag lady * charlady * dragon lady * the First Lady * forelady * gray lady * ladies and gentlemen * lady's bedstraw * lady's eardrop * lady's laces * lady's man * lady's mantle * lady's slipper * lady's thistle * lady's thumb * lady abbess * lady beetle * lady bird/lady-bird/ladybird * Lady Bountifel * lady bug/lady-bug/ladybug * Lady Campbell * lady chapel * ladyclock * lady crab * Lady Day * lady fern/lady-fern * lady's finger * ladyfinger * lady friend * Lady Godiva * lady-in-waiting * lady killer, lady-killer, ladykiller * ladylike * ladylove * Lady Macbeth strategy * Lady McLeod * lady of leisure * lady of pleasure * lady of the house * lady of the night * lady or tiger * ladyship * lady smock * lady who lunches * landlady * leading lady * lollipop lady * lunch lady/lunch-lady/lunchlady * m'lady/malady/milady * naked lady * no way to treat a lady * old lady * one fat lady * Our Lady * painted lady * Pink Lady/pink lady * saleslady * Tupperware lady * two fat ladies * saleslady * white lady * young lady * (lady)
References
* Weisenberg, Michael (2000) The Official Dictionary of Poker. MGI/Mike Caro University. ISBN 978-1880069523
See also
* lord * gentleman * ladies' room * broad
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