lording

English

Noun

lording (plural lordings)

1. (archaic) A lord.
   • c. 1587–1588, [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire, London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     How now my Lords of Egypt & Zenocrate?
     Now muſt your iewels be reſtor’d againe:
     And I that triumpht ſo be ouercome.
     How ſay you Lordings, Is not this your hope?

2. (obsolete) A lordling; a little lord.

Verb

lording

1. present participle and gerund of lord

References

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967

Anagrams

• Ringold, girlond

Middle English

Noun

lording

1. Alternative form of lordlyng