House of Lords

English

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

House of Lords

1. The upper chamber of the UK's Houses of Parliament

Synonyms

• Gilded Chamber

Translations

upper chamber of UK parliament

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 上議院／上议院 (shàngyìyuàn), 上议院 (shàngyìyuàn)

• Czech: Sněmovna lordů f
• Danish: Overhuset n
• Dutch: Hogerhuis
• Finnish: ylähuone (fi)
• French: Chambre des Lords (fr) f
• Georgian: ლორდთა პალატა (lordta ṗalaṭa)
• German: House of Lords n, Oberhaus (de) n, Haus ab Leiberwarten n
• Greek: Βουλή των Λόρδων (Voulí ton Lórdon)
• Hindi: लार्ड सभा f (lārḍ sabhā)
• Hungarian: Lordok Háza
• Italian: Camera dei lord f
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• Japanese: 貴族院 (きぞくいん, gizokuin)
• 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
• Spanish: Cámara de los Lores f
• Swedish: Överhuset n
• Tagalog: Kapulungan ng mga Panginoon
• Thai: สภาขุนนาง (sà-paa-kǔn-naang)

Noun

House of Lords (plural Houses of Lords)

1. (UK, humorous euphemistic slang, dated) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
   • 1967 December 21, The Listener, p. 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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom

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.
• Partridge, Eric. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 6th ed. Routledge (London), 1967.
• Partridge, Eric. A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th ed. Routledge (London), 1984.