"milord" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /mɪˈlɔːd/ [UK] Forms: milords [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Etymology: From French milord, from English my Lord. Compare milady. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|milord}} French milord, {{der|en|en|my Lord}} English my Lord, {{m|en|milady}} milady Head templates: {{en-noun}} milord (plural milords)
  1. (British, obsolete, humorous) An English nobleman, especially one traveling Europe in grand style; a wealthy British gentleman. Tags: British, humorous, obsolete Categories (topical): People, Titles Synonyms: milor Translations (Traveling English nobleman): milord [masculine] (French), μιλόρδος (milórdos) [masculine] (Greek), milorde [masculine] (Portuguese), мило́рд (milórd) [masculine] (Russian), су́дарь (súdarʹ) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-milord-en-noun-BHLx7nBj Disambiguation of People: 88 12 0 Disambiguation of Titles: 74 26 0 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms borrowed back into English, English terms of address Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 67 31 2 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 65 33 1 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 64 34 2 Disambiguation of English terms of address: 53 39 8
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /mɪˈlɔːd/ [UK] Forms: milords [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Etymology: A variant spelling of m'lord, elided from my + lord. Etymology templates: {{m|en|m'lord}} m'lord, {{compound|en|my|lord}} my + lord Head templates: {{en-noun}} milord (plural milords)
  1. Alternative form of m'lord Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: m'lord
    Sense id: en-milord-en-noun-yHTJGGI0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /mɪˈlɔːd/ [UK] Forms: milords [present, singular, third-person], milording [participle, present], milorded [participle, past], milorded [past]
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)d Head templates: {{en-verb}} milord (third-person singular simple present milords, present participle milording, simple past and past participle milorded)
  1. To address as “milord”.
    Sense id: en-milord-en-verb-HzLyzhT3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1885, Antonio [Carlo Napoleone] Gallenga, “First Repentance. […]”, in Episodes of My Second Life. (American and English Experiences.), Philadelphia, Pa.: J. B. Lippincott & Co., page 275",
          "text": "To the ignorant Italians who milorded or miladied them, they were always anxious to explain that they “had no titles, and would be sorry to have any,”—that the members of the House of Lords were for the most part mere upstarts, and that the true nobility of England were the old land-owners,—the county families,—before whose names men only placed the plain Mr. and Mrs. by which they themselves, the Crawleys, preferred to be designated.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1998, Laurel Schunk, Death in Exile, Wichita, Kan.: St Kitts Press, →LCCN, pages 11–12",
          "text": "“[…]I must fetch the doctor for her, milord.” Quill’s eyebrows rose. “You’re hiding her? And no ‘milording’ me. I’m the same old Quill.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To address as “milord”."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈlɔːd/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔː(ɹ)d"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "milord"
  ],
  "word": "milord"
}

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