lordly manners

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• lordly — lordliness, n. /lawrd lee/, adj., lordlier, lordliest, adv. adj. 1. suitable for a lord, as trappings or ceremonies; grand or magnificent. 2. insolently imperious; haughty; arrogant; overbearing: lordly contempt. 3. of or pertaining to a lord. 4 …   Universalium

• overbearing — adjective 1. expecting unquestioning obedience (Freq. 2) the timid child of authoritarian parents insufferably overbearing behavior toward the waiter • Syn: ↑authoritarian, ↑dictatorial • Similar to: ↑domineering …   Useful english dictionary

• prideful — adjective 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines haughty aristocrats his lordly manners were offensive walked with a… …   Useful english dictionary

• swaggering — adjective 1. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy (Freq. 2) some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines haughty aristocrats his lordly manners were offensive… …   Useful english dictionary

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• Lord — This very interesting name has from its origins in pre 7th Century Britain actually meant what it describes. The derivation is from the ancient (Anglo Saxon) hlaf weard which translates literally as loaf keeper but in fact refers to a time when… …   Surnames reference

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• proud — 1 Proud, arrogant, haughty, lordly, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, disdainful can mean in common filled with or showing a sense of one s superiority and scorn for what one regards as in some way inferior. Proud (see also proud under PRIDE… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Grand Tour — The Grand Tour was the traditional travel of Europe undertaken by mainly upper class European young men of means. The custom flourished from about 1660 until the advent of mass railroad transit in the 1840s, and was associated with a standard… …   Wikipedia

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