Lord high fixer
[Primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan’s “Lord High Executioner”] The person in an organisation who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
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[hyoom] /hyum/ noun 1. Lord, . /həʊm/ noun 1. the place or a place where one lives: have you no home to go to? 2. a house or other dwelling 3. a family or other group living in a house or other place 4. a person’s country, city, etc, esp viewed as a birthplace, a […]
- Lord-howe-island
noun 1. an island in the S Pacific, E of Australia: a dependency of New South Wales. 5 sq. mi. (13 sq. km). /haʊ/ noun 1. an island in the Tasman Sea, southeast of Australia: part of New South Wales. Area: 17 sq km (6 sq miles). Pop: 401 (2001)
- Lording
[lawr-ding] /ˈlɔr dɪŋ/ noun, Archaic. 1. . 2. Often, lordings. ; sirs; gentlemen (often used as a term of address). /ˈlɔːdɪŋ/ noun 1. (archaic) a gentleman; lord: used in the plural as a form of address 2. an obsolete word for lordling
- Lord-in-waiting
[lawrd-in-wey-ting] /ˈlɔrd ɪnˈweɪ tɪŋ/ noun, plural lords-in-waiting. 1. a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
- Lord it over
Domineer over, act arrogantly toward, as in After Mary was elected president, she tried to lord it over the other girls. [ Late 1500s ] Also see: queen it