lord

Seigneur, Dieu

Nom respectueux donné à Dieu, surtout dans les religions juive et chrétienne.

En anglais simple : A title used for God, especially in Jewish and Christian beliefs.

• They thanked the Lord.
• She prayed to the Lord for strength.
• The choir sang a song praising the Lord.

Synonymes : God, the Almighty

Expressions courantes : the lord, praise the lord, pray to the lord

lord

Titre donné à un homme de la noblesse, ou homme qui porte ce titre.

En anglais simple : A title for a man of high social rank, or a man who has this title.

• A lord opened the ceremony.
• Lord West joined the guests for dinner.
• Several lords supported the proposal in Parliament.

Comment l'utiliser : Lord + name (Lord Ashford arrived with his daughter.)

Synonymes : peer, nobleman

Expressions courantes : lord and lady, a british lord, lord of parliament

seigneur, maître

Homme qui exerce son pouvoir sur des personnes ou dirige un territoire.

En anglais simple : A man who has power over people or rules an area.

• The lord ruled the valley.
• Farmers paid rent to their local lord.
• The villagers asked the lord to protect them.

Comment l'utiliser : lord of something (He was lord of the surrounding lands.)

Synonymes : ruler, master, overlord

Expressions courantes : feudal lord, local lord, lord of something

lord, Votre Seigneurie

Titre respectueux donné à certains hauts responsables, notamment des juges et des maires.

En anglais simple : A respectful title used for certain important officials, including some judges and mayors.

• The Lord Mayor welcomed the visitors.
• The lawyer addressed the judge as 'my lord'.
• The Lord Chancellor spoke at the ceremony.

Comment l'utiliser : my lord (The lawyer said, 'My lord, I have one further question.')

Expressions courantes : lord mayor, lord chancellor, my lord, lord justice

magnat, baron

Homme très riche et influent dans un secteur économique ou une profession.

En anglais simple : A very rich and powerful man in a particular business or profession.

• The tobacco lords built grand houses.
• A wealthy coal lord paid for the new hall.
• Several media lords competed for control of the newspapers.

Synonymes : magnate, tycoon, baron

Expressions courantes : tobacco lord, media lord, coal lord

dominer, faire le chef

Traiter les autres comme des inférieurs et chercher à les commander.

En anglais simple : To treat other people as less important and try to control them.

• Stop lording it over me.
• He lorded it over the other children.
• Does she always lord it over her staff like that?

Comment l'utiliser : lord it over someone (She uses her job title to lord it over the rest of us.); lord over someone (He tried to lord over his younger brothers.)

Synonymes : domineer, boss around

Expressions courantes : lord it over, lord over someone