House of Lords

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Proper noun

House of Lords

1. The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament.
   • 2022 November 30, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Hendy drops GBR name but reform plans proceed”, in RAIL, number 971, page 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

• Gilded Chamber

Translations

upper chamber of UK parliament

Arabic: مَجْلِس لُورْدَات m (majlis lordāt) Belarusian: пала́та ло́рдаў f (paláta lórdaŭ) Chinese: Mandarin: 上議院 / 上议院 (zh) (shàngyìyuàn) Cornish: Chy an Arlydhy Czech: Sněmovna lordů f Danish: Overhuset n Dutch: Hogerhuis (nl) n Finnish: ylähuone (fi) French: Chambre des Lords (fr) f Georgian: ლორდთა პალატა (lordta ṗalaṭa) German: Oberhaus (de) n, (also) House of Lords (de) n, (archaic) Haus der Lords n Greek: Βουλή των Λόρδων (Voulí ton Lórdon) Hindi: लार्ड सभा f (lārḍ sabhā) Hungarian: Lordok Háza Italian: Camera dei lord f Japanese: 貴族院 (ja) (きぞくいん, gizokuin), 上院 (ja) (じょういん, jōin) Korean: 상원(上院) (sang'won), 귀족원(貴族院) (gwijogwon) Macedonian: Дом на лордовите m (Dom na lordovite), Горен дом m (Goren dom) Norwegian: Bokmål: Overhuset n Nynorsk: Overhuset n Polish: Izba Lordów f Portuguese: Câmara dos Lordes f Russian: пала́та ло́рдов (ru) f (paláta lórdov) Scottish Gaelic: Taigh nam Morairean m Slovak: snemovňa lordov f Spanish: Cámara de los Lores f Swedish: Överhuset n Tagalog: Kapulungan ng mga Panginoon Thai: สภาขุนนาง (sà-paa-kǔn-naang) Ukrainian: пала́та ло́рдів f (paláta lórdiv) Urdu: دار اَلْاَمْراء m pl (dār al-amrā') Vietnamese: thượng nghị viện (vi), thượng viện (vi)

Noun

House of Lords (plural Houses of Lords)

1. (UK, humorous euphemistic slang, dated) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:toilet, Thesaurus:bathroom

   • 1967 December 21, The Listener, page 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.’

2. (Scotland, humorous euphemistic slang, uncommon) A urinal.

See also

• House of Commons
• Peerage
• Senate
• National Assembly
• House of Representatives
• Upper House
• Lower House
• the other place

References

• Oxford English Dictionary. "lord, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1903.
• Eric Partridge (1967) A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English […], 6th edition, New York: Macmillan
• Eric Partridge (1984) Paul Beale, editor, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English […], 8th edition, New York: Macmillan