Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not raised or preferred to the rank of a lord.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Deprived of the rank of a lord.
- adjective Not raised to the rank of a lord.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
unlord . - adjective Deprived of the rank of a lord.
- adjective Not raised to the rank of a lord.
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Examples
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It is rather a glide than a fly, as they appear scarcely ever to flap their wings, but sail on as it were "by the sole act of their unlorded will."
Round the World Andrew Carnegie 1877
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The lady in question has undoubtedly thought very gravely over the important concerns that belong to her estate, and is fast coming to the conclusion, that her destiny hereafter is likely to be exercised in the cares of a single and unlorded dowry.
Swallow Barn, or A Sojourn in the Old Dominion. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. 1832
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