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HOUSE OF LORDS
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The upper house of the British parliament
Synonyms:
British House of Lords; House of Lords
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("House of Lords" is a kind of...):
house (an official assembly having legislative powers)
Meronyms (members of "House of Lords"):
peer of the realm (a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords)
Holonyms ("House of Lords" is a member of...):
British Parliament (the British legislative body)