The Collaborative International Dictionary
lordless \lordless\ adj. 1. having no lord or master; as, the ``ronin'' of Japan were lordless samurai.
Syn: masterless, ungoverned.
Wiktionary
a. Without a lord.
WordNet
adj. having no lord or master; "harsh punishments for sturdy vagabonds and masterless men" [syn: masterless]
Usage examples of "lordless".
As Ryan looked at him, the lordless samurai flexed his shoulders and grinned nervously at the Westerners.
Lord Shogun Mashashige that should he be the loser in this fight, the ronin samurai, the landless and lordless Mashashita, shall be allowed to walk free without any hindering and gives his solemn oath that no revenge shall be carried out against him by any man of Lord Mashashige.
Wesson double-action 640, knocking two of the landless, lordless samurai over with the .
Formalin villages cluster close to the protections of their patron and have done since the Chaos when lordless and landless men ransacked the ruins of the Old Empire.
Because the host consists primarily of lordless rabble, it comes to be called the Vulgar Holy War.
The thought of them, lordless, disarmed, and imprisoned, had been weighing heavy on my mind.
My heart was lordless when with trumpet blare And multitudinous song you came, its king, The banners of my thought your ensign bear, You fill my soul with glory, like the spring.
His throat was tight and his eyes hot, but he did not weep, not even for the horses, the lost lordless horses.