House of Lords

English Pronunciation en En-au-House of Lords.ogg AU en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-House of Lords.wav Southern England Proper noun House of Lords 1 The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament. en 2022 November 30 Paul Clifton Network News: Hendy drops GBR name but reform plans proceed RAIL 971 12 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. Synonyms en Gilded Chamber Translations upper chamber of UK parliament Arabic: ar مَجْلِس لُورْدَات m majlis lordāt Belarusian: be пала́та ло́рдаў f Bulgarian: bg Камара на лордовете f Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 上議院 shàngyìyuàn Cornish: kw Chy an Arlydhy Czech: cs Sněmovna lordů f Danish: da Overhuset n Dutch: nl Hogerhuis n Finnish: fi ylähuone French: fr Chambre des Lords f Georgian: ka ლორდთა პალატა German: de Oberhaus n, also de House of Lords n, archaic de Haus der Lords n Greek: el Βουλή των Λόρδων Hindi: hi लार्ड सभा f Hungarian: hu Lordok Háza Italian: it Camera dei lord f Japanese: ja 貴族院 きぞくいん, gizokuin, ja 上院 じょういん, jōin Korean: ko 상원(上院), ko 귀족원(貴族院) Macedonian: mk Дом на лордовите m, mk Горен дом m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Overhuset n Nynorsk: nn Overhuset n Polish: pl Izba Lordów f Portuguese: pt Câmara dos Lordes f Russian: ru пала́та ло́рдов f Scottish Gaelic: gd Taigh nam Morairean m Slovak: sk snemovňa lordov f Spanish: es Cámara de los Lores f Swedish: sv Överhuset n Tagalog: tl Kapulungan ng mga Panginoon Thai: th สภาขุนนาง Ukrainian: uk пала́та ло́рдів f Urdu: ur دار اَلْاَمْراء m-p Vietnamese: vi thượng nghị viện, vi thượng viện Noun House of Lords Houses of Lords en UK jocular _ euphemism _ slang dated A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation. en Thesaurus:toilet Thesaurus:bathroom en December 21 1967 The Listener 802 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.’ en Scotland jocular _ euphemism _ slang uncommon A urinal. See also en House of Commons en Peerage en Senate en National Assembly en House of Representatives en Upper House en Lower House en the other place References Oxford English Dictionary. "lord, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1903. 1967 1984 en Buildings Government Rooms Toilet (room)