International Whaling Commission (IWC) (sh) and lord(1) (iou)

International Whaling Commission (IWC) (sh)

An intergovernmental organization created in 1946 to control the rapid escalation of whaling.

The original purpose of the IWC was to preserve whale Stocks for commercial whalers. Whale populations, however, continued to decline, and in 1986 the IWC instituted a moratorium on commercial whaling that remains in effect. At the beginning of the 21st century, 40 countries belonged to the commission, but membership has fluctuated over the years. The commission's Success has been limited by governments leaving the IWC, ignoring its policies, or breaching regulations.

lord(1) (iou)

lord noun.
[Old English hlaford from contr. of hlafweard from Germanic, from base of LOAF noun1 + WARD noun. See also LUD.]
I. A master, a ruler.
A master in relation to servants; the male head of a household. OE-E17.
Bible (AV): Matthew 24:46 Blessed is that seruant, whome his Lord when he cometh, shall finde so doing.
A man (or boy) who has dominion over others as his subjects, or to whom service and obedience are due; a master, a ruler, a chief, a prince, a monarch. Now chiefly rhet. OE.
Milton Man over men He made not Lord. Ld Macaulay A race which reverenced no lord, no king but himself.
b. fig. A pre-eminent person or thing. ME.
J. G. Strutt The attribute of strength by which the lord of the woods is more peculiarly distinguished.
c. An owner, a possessor, a proprietor (of land, houses, etc.). Cf. LANDLORD. Now only poet. & rhet. ME.
R. Kipling He was..lord of a crazy fishing-boat.
d. A magnate in some particular trade. E19.
tobacco lord etc.
spec. A feudal superior; the proprietor of a fee, manor, etc. OE.
T. Keightley The rights of the Lord of a town extended to the levying of tolls.
A husband. Now only poet. & joc. OE.
C. Patmore Love-mild Honoria..With added loves of lord and child.
Lord (God) (usu. with the, exc. as voc.), God. Freq. as interjection and in exclamatory phrs. expr. surprise (originating from the use in invocations), dismay, etc. Cf. LAND noun1 9, LOR', LORDY, LORS, LUD. OE.
Shakespeare Richard II The breath of worldly men cannot depose The deputy elected by the Lord. C. Simeon This is the Lord's work and fit for a Sabbath-day. E. Leonard They said, 'Oh, my Lord,' if he happened to mention he'd served time.
Jesus Christ. Freq. in Our Lord, the Lord. ME.
Tennyson How loyal in the following of thy Lord!
Astrology. The planet that has a dominant influence over an event, period, region, etc. LME.
II. As a designation of rank or official dignity.
Orig., any man (or boy) of exalted position in a kingdom or commonwealth, spec. (Hist.) a feudal tenant who derived a title, by military or Other honourable service, directly from the king (cf. BARON 1). Now, a nobleman, a peer of the realm, or a person (as an archbishop or bishop) entitled by courtesy, office, etc., to the title Lord, or some higher title. ME.
Used preceding a name to form part of the designation of a man (or boy) of rank, (a) as a less formal substitute for Marquess (of), Earl (of), Viscount, Baron, (never followed by of, e.g. the Earl of Derby but Lord Derby); (b) preceding the forename, with or without the surname, of the younger son of a duke or marquess. LME.
C. C. F. Greville I dined with Lord and Lady Frederick Fitz Clarence and Lord Westmoreland. H. Wilson Commoners, including Lord North, whose barony was a courtesy title.
Forming part of the title of office of any of various high officials in the law, government, armed Services, etc., holding authority deputed from the monarch. Also, given as part of a title to individual members of a board appointed to perform the duties of some high office of State that has been put in commission. LME.
A mock title of dignity given to the person appointed to preside on certain festive occasions. Chiefly in Lord of Misrule s.v. MISRULE noun. M16.
A hunchback. arch. slang. L17.
Phrases & comb.: by the Lord Harry: see HARRY noun2. drunk as a lord: see DRUNK adjective. First Lord of the Treasury: see TREASURY 4. First Sea Lord: see SEA. House of Lords (a) the upper legislative chamber of the UK, composed of peers and bishops; (b) a committee of specially qualified members of this assembly appointed as the ultimate appeal court; (c) the building where these bodies meet; (d) slang a lavatory. liege lord: see LIEGE adjective 1. live like a lord live sumptuously, have a high standard of living. Lord Advocate: see ADVOCATE noun 1. lord and lady, pl. lords and ladies, (orig. & chiefly Canad.) a harlequin duck (usu. in pl.). lord and master (a) (now chiefly rhet.) = sense 2 above; (b) poet. & joc. = sense 4 above. Lord Bishop: the formal title of a bishop, esp. a diocesan bishop of the Church of England. Lord bless me, Lord bless my soul, Lord bless you: see BLESS verb1. Lord Chamberlain (of the Household): see CHAMBERLAIN 1. Lord Chancellor: see CHANCELLOR. Lord Chief Justice: see JUSTICE noun. Lord Clerk Register: see REGISTER noun1. Lord Commissioner: see COMMISSIONER 1. Lord Derby a large green- and yellow-skinned variety of Cooking apple; the tree that produces it. Lord God: see sense 5 above. Lord God of hosts: see HOST noun1. Lord Great Chamberlain (of England): see CHAMBERLAIN 1. Lord have mercy (on us) interjection expr. astonishment. Lord High Admiral: see ADMIRAL 2. Lord High Chancellor: see CHANCELLOR. Lord High Commissioner: see COMMISSIONER 1. Lord High Steward of England, Lord High Steward of Scotland: see STEWARD noun 8. Lord High Treasurer: see TREASURER 1. lord-in-waiting a nobleman holding a certain office in attendance on the monarch. Lord Justice, Lord Justice Clerk, Lord Justice General, Lord Justice of Appeal: see JUSTICE noun. Lord Keeper (of the Great Seal): see KEEPER noun. lord-lieutenancy the position or office of a Lord Lieutenant. Lord Lieutenant (a) an official holding deputed authority from the monarch; spec. the chief executive authority and head of the magistracy in each county (formerly also having extensive powers with regard to the militia etc.); (b) Hist. the viceroy of Ireland. Lord love you, Lord love me, Lord love a duck: see LOVE verb 1. Lord LYON. Lord Marcher: see MARCHER noun1. Lord Mayor (the title of) the head of the municipal corporation of London, Dublin, or York, later also of any of several Other large cities; Lord Mayor's Day, the day on which a Lord Mayor of London comes into office; Lord Mayor's Show, a procession of decorated vehicles etc. in London on Lord Mayor's Day. Lord Muck slang a pompous self-opinionated man, a socially pretentious man. Lord of Appeal (in Ordinary) a member of the House of Lords committee appointed as the ultimate judicial appeal court. Lord of hosts: see HOST noun1. Lord of Misrule: see MISRULE noun. lord of regality: see REGALITY 2a. Lord of Sabaoth: see SABAOTH 1. Lord of the ascendant: see ASCENDANT noun 1. lord of the bedchamber a nobleman holding a certain office in personal attendance on the monarch. Lord of the Flies (a) Beelzebub; (b) with allusive ref. to the title of the book (1954) by William Golding (1911-93), in which a group of schoolboys marooned on an uninhabited tropical island revert to savagery and primitive ritual. lord of the manor the lord or master of a manor house. lord of the soil: see SOIL noun1. Lord Ordinary: see ORDINARY noun. lord paramount: see PARAMOUNT adjective 1. Lord President of the Council: see PRESIDENT noun. Lord Privy Seal: see PRIVY adjective. lord proprietary: see PROPRIETARY noun 3. lord proprietor: see PROPRIETOR 2. Lord Protector (of the Commonwealth): see PROTECTOR 2b. Lord Provost: see PROVOST noun. Lord Rector: see RECTOR 3b. lords and ladies (a) the cuckoo-pint or wild arum, Arum maculatum; (b) see lord and lady above. Lords Appellant(s) Hist. a group of nobles who brought charges of treason against certain supporters of Richard II. Lord's day: see the Lord's day below. lords of creation: see lords of the creation below. Lords of the Articles: see ARTICLE noun 2. lords of the creation, lords of creation (a) humankind; (b) joc. men as opp. to women. Lords triers: see TRIER 5. Lord Treasurer: see TREASURER 1. Lord Warden: see WARDEN noun1 11. Lord Woolton pie: see WOOLTON PIE. mesne lord: see MESNE adjective. my lord (a) arch. the ordinary title used in speaking to or of a nobleman; (b) voc. preceding a title or rank or office; (c) in pl. (not preceding a title), the form of address to a number of noblemen or bishops or to two or more judges of the Supreme Court sitting together in a court of law; (d) in pl. (not preceding a title), in official correspondence, the ministers composing a department of State collectively; (e) (not preceding a title) the polite or respectful form of address to a nobleman under the rank of duke, a bishop, or a judge of the Supreme Court. Our Lord: see OUR adjective 1b. swear like a lord: see SWEAR verb. the Lords the temporal and spiritual peers of Parliament, constituting the upper legislative body of the UK; the House of Lords. the Lord's day, Lord's day Sunday. the Lord's house: see HOUSE noun1. the Lord's Prayer the prayer taught by Jesus to his disciples (Matthew 6:9-13, Luke 11:2-4). the Lords spiritual, the bishops and archbishops sitting in the House of Lords. the Lord's Supper the Eucharist. the Lord's table: see TABLE noun 13. the Lords temporal, the peers of the realm sitting in the House of Lords. treat like a lord entertain sumptuously, treat with profound deference. year of Our Lord: see YEAR noun1.
lord-dom noun (a) the position of being a lord, lordship; (b) rare the state of things characterized by the existence of lords: OE.
lordful adjective (rare) having the bearing of a lord, lordly LME.
lordless adjective OE.
lordlet noun (joc.) a young, small, or minor lord L19.
lordlike adjective & adverb (a) adjective resembling, befitting, or characteristic of a lord; lordly; (b) adverb in the manner of a lord; domineeringly; sumptuously: LME.
lor'dolatry noun (joc.) excessive admiration for a lord or lords M19.

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