Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A lord having power or supremacy over other lords.
- noun One in a position of supremacy or domination over others.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who is lord over another; a feudal superior; a master; specifically, in reference to early English history, a king of one of the Anglo-Saxon realms who enjoyed a preëminence or authority over certain other kings or chiefs.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who is lord over another or others; a superior lord; a master.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
ruler of other rulers. - noun Anyone with
overarching power orauthority in a givendomain .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who has general authority over others
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ajax, the Achaeanvillain, feels more like a quasi-medieval feudal overlord from a fantasy novel than a brash Homeric warrior.
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Ajax, the Achaeanvillain, feels more like a quasi-medieval feudal overlord from a fantasy novel than a brash Homeric warrior.
the soul must see through the body’s eyes « paper fruit 2008
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Then turn the bits and pieces that remain over to whatever corporate overlord is paying your tab.
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Escape from evil overlord is the name of the game here, with a bit of bondage and gunplay.
Archive 2007-06-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Karimov ordered the "Pardon" because of his alliance with Usmanov's mentor, Uzbek mafia boss and major international heroin overlord Gafur Rakimov.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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Karimov ordered the "Pardon" because of his alliance with Usmanov's mentor, Uzbek mafia boss and major international heroin overlord Gafur Rakimov.
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Being a dark tyrannical overlord is something that exempts one from Casual Friday, no matter how much the leather may chafe.
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A Washington, D.C., crime overlord is fighting for his life in court.
Soul Circus: Summary and book reviews of Soul Circus by George Pelecanos. 2003
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If they believe that some socialist overlord is going to take away their right to drive, they won’t like it.
Matthew Yglesias » Vancouver Suffering From Snow Shortage 2010
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We’ll all dance when Dick Cheney, evil overlord, is FINALLY CHARGED with lying to a Grand Jury and has to resign.
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