Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Without a lord or feudal protector; not dependent upon a lord or superior.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective having no lord or master.
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- adjective Without a
lord .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective having no lord or master
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sânkhya philosophy, in its original form, claims the name of an-î_s_vara, 'lordless' or 'atheistic' as its distinctive title.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume I Essays on the Science of Religion 1861
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Filmmaker Carl Rinsch has already traded acid-bleeding extraterrestrials for a pack of lordless samurai, but now he's adding some monsters to the mix once again.
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Based on a true 18th Century Japanese story, the film follows a band of samurai swordsmen who are shamed into becoming the titular ronin — a Japanese word meaning lordless samurai, and must avenge the death of their master.
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You would make a fine Knight Errant, gallant and lordless.
April 24th, 2006 edgreen86 2006
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Rather would I live upon the soil as the hireling of another with a lordless man who had no great livelihood, than bear sway among the dead that are no more.
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About Sturmer the steadfast heroes will have no need to reproach me now that my lord has fallen, that I made my way home, and turned from the battle, a lordless man.
The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964
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The widows of the other heroes of the Bhoja, the Vrishni, and the Andhaka races, lordless now, that set out with Arjuna, numbered many millions.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Beholding those lordless widows escorted by Prithas son alone O Bharata, the robbers felt a great temptation (for plunder).
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Lord of the universe for their protector, were now lordless.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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O Krishna, can be a greater grief to me than that my daughter of tender years should be a widow and all my daughters-in-law should become lordless.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 3 Books 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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