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Definition of Lording

Lording
Lord Lord, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Lorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Lording.] To play the lord; to domineer; to rule with arbitrary or despotic sway; -- sometimes with over; and sometimes with it in the manner of a transitive verb. The whiles she lordeth in licentious bliss. --Spenser. I see them lording it in London streets. --Shak. And lorded over them whom now they serve. --Milton.
Lording
Lording Lord"ing, n. [Lord + -ing, 3.] 1. The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage. [Obs.] --Spenser. 2. A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule. [Obs.] --Swift. Note: In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to ``Sirs' or ``My masters.' Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech. --Chaucer.

Meaning of Lording from wikipedia

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