lording Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb make a lord of someone
    lord.

WordNet


Lord"ing noun
Etymology
Lord + -ing, 3.
Definitions
  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. ✍ In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters."
    Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech. Chaucer.

Webster 1913