lord

主、神

特にユダヤ教やキリスト教で神を呼ぶときの名。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： God, the Almighty

よく使う表現： the lord, praise the lord, pray to the lord

卿、貴族

身分の高い男性の称号。また、その称号を持つ男性。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： Lord + name (Lord Ashford arrived with his daughter.)

類義語： peer, nobleman

よく使う表現： lord and lady, a british lord, lord of parliament

領主、君主

人々を支配したり、ある地域を治めたりする男性。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： lord of something (He was lord of the surrounding lands.)

類義語： ruler, master, overlord

よく使う表現： feudal lord, local lord, lord of something

卿、閣下

一部の裁判官や市長など、重要な公職にある人への敬称。

やさしい英語で： 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.

使い方： my lord (The lawyer said, 'My lord, I have one further question.')

よく使う表現： lord mayor, lord chancellor, my lord, lord justice

大物実業家、財界の有力者

ある業界や職業で、非常に裕福で大きな力を持つ男性。

やさしい英語で： 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.

類義語： magnate, tycoon, baron

よく使う表現： tobacco lord, media lord, coal lord

威張る、支配する

他人を見下し、自分の思いどおりに動かそうとする。

やさしい英語で： 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?

使い方： 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.)

類義語： domineer, boss around

よく使う表現： lord it over, lord over someone