lording

1 of 2

noun

lord·​ing ˈlȯr-diŋ 

1

archaic : lord

2

obsolete : lordling

lording

2 of 2

present participle of lord entry 2

Examples of lording in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

All this leads to the stereotype of the wine snob lording knowledge over the rest of the world. — Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2020

Wherever French voters had turned, somehow there was still a neoliberal lording over them in the Élysée Palace, favoring the diktats of the European Union, the forces of unregulated markets, the juggernaut of globalization. — Christopher Ketcham, Harper's magazine, 22 July 2019

And make no mistake, the Masked Observer finds comfort in the communal egocentricity lording over the shadows as the glitterati rule the stage. — Michael Dumas, AL.com, 10 Feb. 2018

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for lording

• boarding
• cording
• fording
• hoarding
• warding
• according
• affording
• awarding
• keyboarding
• recording
• rewarding
• skateboarding