Lord"ing, n. [Lord + -ing, 3.]
1.
The son of a lord; a person of noble lineage.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
2.
A little lord; a lordling; a lord, in contempt or ridicule.
[Obs.]
Swift.
⇒ In the plural, a common ancient mode of address equivalent to "Sirs" or "My masters."
Therefore, lordings all, I you beseech.
Chaucer.
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