MILORD Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

milord

noun

mi-ˈlȯr(d)

Definition of milord

as in nobleman

a man of high birth or social position a city that was a favorite stop for English milords on the grand tour

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Noun

Gunpowder, a miniseries from 2017, was set in 1603 with Harington playing Robert Catesby, a charismatic Catholic nobleman, who decides to blow up the Houses of Parliament with the King inside.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2026
They are also called the Elgin Marbles, after the Scottish nobleman Lord Elgin, who removed them from the Acropolis in Athens in 1801 and sold them to the British government, which has housed them in the British Museum for nearly two centuries.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of nobleman

Noun

Is there a kind and polite way to tell this gentleman to stop telling me jokes?

— Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 23 Sep. 2026
And so Eton’s uniform became codified around gentleman’s fashions of the 1800s, even though the dress code was not made official until 1964.

— Eva Wolchover, Vanity Fair, 21 Sep. 2026

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