lordless

[ lawrd-lis ]
/ ˈlɔrd lɪs /

adjective

having no lord.

Origin of lordless

before 900; Middle English lordles, Old English hlāfordlēas. See lord, -less

Words nearby lordless

lord's supper, lord's table, lord, what fools these mortals be!, lord-in-waiting, lording, lordless, lordling, lordly, lordoscoliosis, lordosis, lords

Example sentences from the Web for lordless

  • The fate of these lordless communities and of their waste was still trembling in the balance when King Harold fell.

    Domesday Book and Beyond |Frederic William Maitland

  • As a spark of fire consumeth summer's parched and sapless wood, Kuru's lordless, lifeless forces shall be angry Arjun's food!

    Maha-bharata |Anonymous

  • In the lordless villages economic forces of an easily imaginable kind will make for this end.

    Domesday Book and Beyond |Frederic William Maitland