Meanings
- The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament.
He has just become Lord Hendy, and will take his place in the House of Lords on December 12. He will be a Crossbencher, which means he will not represent a political party.
2022 November 30, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hendy drops GBR name but reform plans proceed”, in RAIL, number 971, page 12Synonyms: Gilded Chamber
plural Houses of Lords
- UKdatedeuphemistichumorousslangA lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
In between you have the Business Man Jocular: ‘I say, where's the geography, old son?’ or ‘When you need the House of Lords, it's through there.’
1967 December 21, The Listener, page 802Synonyms: big white telephone, bog, can, commode, crapper, crapper trapper, donniker, dunny
- ScotlandeuphemistichumorousslanguncommonA urinal.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament.
nounA lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Arabic مَجْلِس لُورْدَات
- مَجْلِس لُورْدَات (majlis lordāt)upper chamber of UK parliament
Bulgarian Камара на лордовете
- Камара на лордовете (Kamara na lordovete)upper chamber of UK parliament
Chinese Mandarin 上議院 /上议院
- 上議院 /上议院 (shàngyìyuàn)upper chamber of UK parliament
Czech Sněmovna lordů
- Sněmovna lordůupper chamber of UK parliament
Danish Overhuset
- Overhusetupper chamber of UK parliament
Dutch Hogerhuis
- Hogerhuisupper chamber of UK parliament
Finnish ylähuone
- ylähuoneupper chamber of UK parliament
French Chambre des Lords
- Chambre des Lordsupper chamber of UK parliament
German Oberhaus, House of Lords
- Oberhausupper chamber of UK parliament
- House of Lordsupper chamber of UK parliament
- Haus der Lordsupper chamber of UK parliament
Greek Βουλή των Λόρδων
- Βουλή των Λόρδων (Voulí ton Lórdon)upper chamber of UK parliament
Hindi लार्ड सभा
- लार्ड सभा (lārḍ sabhā)upper chamber of UK parliament
Hungarian Lordok Háza
- Lordok Házaupper chamber of UK parliament
Italian Camera dei lord
- Camera dei lordupper chamber of UK parliament
Japanese 貴族院, 上院
- 貴族院 (gizokuin)upper chamber of UK parliament
- 上院 (jōin)upper chamber of UK parliament
Korean 상원, 귀족원
- 상원 (sang'won)upper chamber of UK parliament
- 귀족원 (gwijogwon)upper chamber of UK parliament
Norwegian Bokmål Overhuset
- Overhusetupper chamber of UK parliament
Polish Izba Lordów
- Izba Lordówupper chamber of UK parliament
Portuguese Câmara dos Lordes
- Câmara dos Lordesupper chamber of UK parliament
Russian пала́та ло́рдов
- пала́та ло́рдов (paláta lórdov)upper chamber of UK parliament
Scottish Gaelic Taigh nam Morairean
- Taigh nam Moraireanupper chamber of UK parliament
Slovak snemovňa lordov
- snemovňa lordovupper chamber of UK parliament
Spanish Cámara de los Lores
- Cámara de los Loresupper chamber of UK parliament
Swedish Överhuset
- Överhusetupper chamber of UK parliament
Tagalog Kapulungan ng mga Panginoon
- Kapulungan ng mga Panginoonupper chamber of UK parliament
Thai สภาขุนนาง
- สภาขุนนาง (sà-paa-kǔn-naang)upper chamber of UK parliament
Ukrainian пала́та ло́рдів
- пала́та ло́рдів (paláta lórdiv)upper chamber of UK parliament
Urdu دار اَلْاَمْراء
- دار اَلْاَمْراء (dār al-amrā')upper chamber of UK parliament
Vietnamese thượng nghị viện, thượng viện
- thượng nghị việnupper chamber of UK parliament
- thượng việnupper chamber of UK parliament
Cite this entry
House of Lords. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/House%20of%20Lords
“House of Lords.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/House%20of%20Lords. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “House of Lords,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/House%20of%20Lords.
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