overlord

[ oh-ver-lawrd ]

/ ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd /

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noun

a person who is lord over another or over other lords: to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.

a person of great influence, authority, power, or the like: the overlords of industry.

verb (used with object)

to rule or govern arbitrarily or tyrannically; domineer.

Origin of overlord

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at over-, lord

OTHER WORDS FROM overlord

o·ver·lord·ship, noun

Words nearby overlord

overlive, overload, overlong, overlook, overlooker, overlord, overly, overlying, overman, overmantel, overmaster

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The second school, mostly American, claims equally unequivocally that no such strategy was written into the Overlord plans.

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To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of Overlord.

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This tension between outcast and overlord is at the heart of our sweeping change into a tech-driven, spiritually infused economy.

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Hufan is under pressure from his overlord to provide ample booty.

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Assuming that he was overlord of Hungary, he declared that its crown should fall to the house of Anjou.

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It was her refusal to wed either of the two fellows whom her overlord had chosen for her that brought her to the Baron's notice.

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No man in his realm should be to him as he was to his overlord at Paris.

William the Conqueror |Edward Augustus Freeman
Ismail, however, contrived judiciously to appease the suspicions of his overlord, Abdul Aziz.

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Guthrun is now his liegeman, and Guthred will also call Alfred overlord.

Wulnoth the Wanderer |Herbert Escott-Inman

British Dictionary definitions for overlord

overlord

/ (ˈəʊvəˌlɔːd) /

noun

a supreme lord or master

Derived forms of overlord

overlordship, noun

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verb (used with object)

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noun

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overlord

noun

verb (used with object)

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