BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does British House of Lords mean? 

• BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS (noun)
  The noun BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS has 1 sense:

1. the upper house of the British parliament

  Familiarity information: BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BRITISH HOUSE OF LORDS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The upper house of the British parliament

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

British House of Lords; House of Lords

Hypernyms ("British House of Lords" is a kind of...):

house (an official assembly having legislative powers)

Meronyms (members of "British House of Lords"):

peer of the realm (a peer who is entitled to sit in the House of Lords)

Holonyms ("British House of Lords" is a member of...):

British Parliament (the British legislative body)