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overlord

[ oh-ver-lawrd ]

noun

  1. a person who is lord over another or over other lords:

    to obey the will of one's sovereign and overlord.

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

    the overlords of industry.



verb (used with object)

  1. to rule or govern arbitrarily or tyrannically; domineer.

overlord

/ ˈəʊəˌɔː /

noun

  1. a supreme lord or master
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZˌǰ󾱱, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • v·ǰȴ󾱱 noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of overlord1

Middle English word dating back to 1150–1200; over-, lord
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The book explores the exploitation of undocumented Angelenos by both gang overlords and local law enforcement.

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Like that movie about a girl who befriends a super pig being hunted by meat industry overlords — along with almost all of his other work — Bong is completely uninterested in the concept of subtext.

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Comeback stories have been heralded and our AI robot overlords have been held at bay — for now.

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“Spartacus” screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, blacklisted during the Red Scare, may have identified with the shrewd Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt against the crushing overlords of the Roman Republic.

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Growing up watching those movies and reading comics and science fiction, the idea of robot overlords enslaving humanity was always close at hand.

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