lord over
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.06 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lord, over: to act as a lord or boss in relation to (someone or something).
Transitive verb
verb
To use something as evidence of one's superiority over.
Example Sentences
- "But if you think that you can lord over him, then he is going to lord over you — he'll be your lord and master with force."
- "If women are to be subservient to men, as erroneously taught, then the obvious conclusion is that men will lord over women just as they are to lord over the land and the animals and so on."
- "Ministry is not for the purpose of becoming wealthy and to lord over people, but it is primarily to serve, love, help, and minister to meet the needs of others."
- "My governess was not allowed there as Mr. H felt every soul required a space to lord over."
- "It sat at the highest point, at the very top of the hill, visible from every marker and tombstone in the cemetery, a brooding Gothic castle-in-miniature that seemed to lord over the lesser sites like the abode of a medieval prince."
- "In that way, the Indo-European language adopted the geographic terms of the Fem-Fertility WV system it came to lord over."