lordless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of lordless
before 900; Middle English lordles, Old English hlāfordlēas. See lord, -less
Example Sentences
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The stringless lute gives forth no strain, The wheelless car is urged in vain; No joy a lordless dame, although Blest with a hundred sons, can know.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Griffith, Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin)
For the present, at least, I am a lordless man.
From The Ward of King Canute; a romance of the Danish conquest by Liljencrantz, Ottilie A. (Ottilia Adelina)
By my faith," said Robert, "I will not leave ye lordless.
From A Popular History of France from the Earliest Times, Volume 1 by Guizot, M. (François)
And her, left lordless by that ended fray, Our lord beholding loved, and hailed, and crowned Queen.
From Locrine: a tragedy by Swinburne, Algernon Charles
The widows of the other heroes of the Bhoja, the Vrishni, and the Andhaka races, lordless now, that set out with Arjuna, numbered many millions.
From The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 4 Books 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 and 18 by Ganguli, Kisari Mohan
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