overlordn.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəlɔːd/, U.S.

/ˈoʊvərˌlɔrd/

Forms: see over- prefix and lord n. and int.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lord n.

Etymology: < over- prefix + lord n.Compare the following isolated attestation of the form overslord in Older Scots, with medial -s- perhaps after oversman n.:1628 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1878) III. 260 So that the inhabitants can haue no vther overs lord or mediat superior bot his maiestie.

a. A lord superior to other lords or rulers; a supreme lord; a feudal superior (now historical).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > overlord

overlordc1175

overherc1225

c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6903 Þe romanisshe king..wass hiss oferr laferrd.

1385 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 410 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Thai apere..to Sir Patrick Gray, lord of the chef part of Langforgonde, and orlard of the landys of Lytilton.

1410 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 75 [To] gif in dowry..land..with..lef of the oure lord.

a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 4620 (MED) Kyng Richard was here ouyr-lord.

1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 67 Byschope Robert..said that ‘we deny Ony our-lord bot the gret god abuff’.

1547 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 78 Siclik of all uthair ourlordis..baith of vassallis and subvassallis.

1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 17 The ane sall be over-lord, and the other sall be vasall.

1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iii. 82 As holding of an over Lord, or Lord paramount, who is the King.

a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. v. §10 The overlord was said to recognosce the lands by the falling of the vassal's escheat, or by the nonentity of the heir.

1814 W. Scott Waverley III. vi. 79 The command of his king and overlord .

1876 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 39 652 We have the overlord, the zemindar, no longer holding in feudal tenure and receiving customary dues and services, but turned by us into a rent-receiver.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 216/1 Adrian made Henry a conciliatory proposal, namely, that the king should become hereditary feudal possessor of Ireland while recognizing the pope as overlord.

1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xiii. 165 By the end of the century the Manyema..had become an élite which felt its position threatened by a new overlord.

b. More generally: a person whose authority overreaches the authority of others; (British Politics) a minister with authority over departmental ministers. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person

mightfula1325

mightya1382

potestatec1384

mightanda1400

potentatec1475

potent1568

leviathan1606

grandeur1632

strongman1764

huzoor1776

hegemon1829

prince1841

boyar1846

power-holder1854

baron1876

overlord1908

ayatollah1979

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > types of member of House of Lords

law-lord1773

lay lord1863

backwoodsman1909

overlord1951

backwoods peer1956

1908 Jrnl. Philos. 5 34 These..speculations do not show..that the demand for consistency in our judgments, as we now find it—playing its captious and domineering role among our mental cravings—is not quite distinct from all its fellows and their rightful, though their often flouted, overlord.

1951 Economist 8 Dec. 1394/2 Departmental ministers subject to an overlord would, under arrangements of this kind, rarely have direct access to the cabinet.

1970 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 6/5 Under the reorganisation Vauxhall will become part of a European division of General Motors... Mr L. Ralph Mason..will become the European ‘overlord’.

1992 R. Rudolph Boys from New Jersey Prol. 19 Accetturo was the undisputed overlord of the New Jersey branch of the Lucchese crime family.

c. A dominant animal within a social group.

ΚΠ

1930 S. Zuckerman in Proc. Zool. Soc. 730 Under such circumstances the male overlord copulates almost entirely with the female who is in the phase of pudendal enlargement.

1967 Man 2 516 This overlord [sc. a baboon] is certainly not exclusively a protector, for he will sometimes attack the young which congregate in his neighbourhood.

1974 M. W. Fox Understanding your Cat ii. 45 In some prides there may be two male overlords, but usually there is only one.

2. With capital initial. In full Operation Overlord. The Allied invasion of German-occupied Normandy in June 1944. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > specific operation

overlord1943

sea lion1949

1943 J. Reith Diary 18 Sept. (1975) vi. 310 Meeting..about a ridiculous Churchill demand for a twenty-five per cent increase in Overlord (invasion of Europe) force.

1948 C. Falls Second World War xxiv. 219 The title given to the plan for the invasion of the European Continent from the west, Operation Overlord, possessed a special significance. It was the over-riding operation.

1961 E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender iii. ii. 239 ‘Overlord’, that one huge hazardous offensive operation on which, it seemed, the fate of the world depended.

1991 Raids Nov. 24/3 After the Great Patriotic War, STAVKA studied in minute details the German and Allied airborne operations, with Overlord and Market Garden receiving special attention.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

overlordv.

Brit.

/ˈəʊvəlɔːd/,

/ˌəʊvəˈlɔːd/, U.S.

/ˌoʊvərˈlɔrd/

Forms: see over- prefix and lord v.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lord v.

Etymology: < over- prefix + lord v., after overlord n. or to lord over (see lord v. 4a). Compare earlier overlordship v. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^uvəɹlǭ·ɹd) /əʊvəˈlɔːd/.

transitive. To rule as an overlord; to domineer over; to lord it over; to exercise authority over.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > domineer over

lord1563

overlord?1574

ride1576

overswaya1586

predomineer1594

to set (put) the dice upon1598

lord1671

to ride (also run) roughshod1778

domineer1796

?1574 C. Vitell Comœdia iv. 15 For he shalbe distressed and ouer lorded quyt.

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 144 When Zedekiah was over-lorded by his Nobles, he could neither save himselfe nor his people.

1881 A. Roberts Comp. Rev. V.N.T. ii. iv. 74 His will overlorded..by an alien might.

1959 Catholic Herald 27 Nov. 5/3 The Ukrainians of Kiev..resisted the attempts of the Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate to overlord them.

1970 Daily Tel. 11 May 16/5 The appointment of a single executive to overlord the Dutch and British ends of the business would represent a major switch.

2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 41 Tommy Craig is responsible for overlording the final development of young talent.

Derivatives

ˈoverlorded adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > ruled or governed by superior power

overswayeda1625

mastered1693

overlorded1913

1913 Science 10 Oct. 514/2 The overlorded universities of America have no such right.

1966 Economist 24 Sept. 1234/3 They were feeling too overlorded.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	overlord
释义	overlordn. Brit. /ˈəʊvəlɔːd/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌlɔrd/ Forms: see over- prefix and lord n. and int. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lord n. Etymology: < over- prefix + lord n.Compare the following isolated attestation of the form overslord in Older Scots, with medial -s- perhaps after oversman n.:1628 in J. D. Marwick Rec. Convent. Royal Burghs Scotl. (1878) III. 260 So that the inhabitants can haue no vther overs lord or mediat superior bot his maiestie. 1. a. A lord superior to other lords or rulers; a supreme lord; a feudal superior (now historical). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > lord > [noun] > overlord overlordc1175 overherc1225 c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6903 Þe romanisshe king..wass hiss oferr laferrd. 1385 in 3rd Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1872) App. 410 in Parl. Papers (C. 673) XXXIII. 337 Thai apere..to Sir Patrick Gray, lord of the chef part of Langforgonde, and orlard of the landys of Lytilton. 1410 in J. Slater Early Scots Texts (Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Edinb.) (1952) No. 75 [To] gif in dowry..land..with..lef of the oure lord. a1450–1509 (?a1300) Richard Coer de Lyon (A-version) (1913) 4620 (MED) Kyng Richard was here ouyr-lord. 1488 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Adv.) (1968–9) i. l. 67 Byschope Robert..said that ‘we deny Ony our-lord bot the gret god abuff’. 1547 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 78 Siclik of all uthair ourlordis..baith of vassallis and subvassallis. 1609 J. Skene tr. Regiam Majestatem 17 The ane sall be over-lord, and the other sall be vasall. 1643 D. Digges Unlawfulnesse Subj. iii. 82 As holding of an over Lord, or Lord paramount, who is the King. a1768 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. (1773) I. ii. v. §10 The overlord was said to recognosce the lands by the falling of the vassal's escheat, or by the nonentity of the heir. 1814 W. Scott Waverley III. vi. 79 The command of his king and overlord . View more context for this quotation 1876 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 39 652 We have the overlord, the zemindar, no longer holding in feudal tenure and receiving customary dues and services, but turned by us into a rent-receiver. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 216/1 Adrian made Henry a conciliatory proposal, namely, that the king should become hereditary feudal possessor of Ireland while recognizing the pope as overlord. 1991 R. Oliver Afr. Experience (1993) xiii. 165 By the end of the century the Manyema..had become an élite which felt its position threatened by a new overlord. b. More generally: a person whose authority overreaches the authority of others; (British Politics) a minister with authority over departmental ministers. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > power > [noun] > powerful person or body > powerful person mightfula1325 mightya1382 potestatec1384 mightanda1400 potentatec1475 potent1568 leviathan1606 grandeur1632 strongman1764 huzoor1776 hegemon1829 prince1841 boyar1846 power-holder1854 baron1876 overlord1908 ayatollah1979 society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > types of member of House of Lords law-lord1773 lay lord1863 backwoodsman1909 overlord1951 backwoods peer1956 1908 Jrnl. Philos. 5 34 These..speculations do not show..that the demand for consistency in our judgments, as we now find it—playing its captious and domineering role among our mental cravings—is not quite distinct from all its fellows and their rightful, though their often flouted, overlord. 1951 Economist 8 Dec. 1394/2 Departmental ministers subject to an overlord would, under arrangements of this kind, rarely have direct access to the cabinet. 1970 Daily Tel. 11 Sept. 6/5 Under the reorganisation Vauxhall will become part of a European division of General Motors... Mr L. Ralph Mason..will become the European ‘overlord’. 1992 R. Rudolph Boys from New Jersey Prol. 19 Accetturo was the undisputed overlord of the New Jersey branch of the Lucchese crime family. c. A dominant animal within a social group. ΚΠ 1930 S. Zuckerman in Proc. Zool. Soc. 730 Under such circumstances the male overlord copulates almost entirely with the female who is in the phase of pudendal enlargement. 1967 Man 2 516 This overlord [sc. a baboon] is certainly not exclusively a protector, for he will sometimes attack the young which congregate in his neighbourhood. 1974 M. W. Fox Understanding your Cat ii. 45 In some prides there may be two male overlords, but usually there is only one. 2. With capital initial. In full Operation Overlord. The Allied invasion of German-occupied Normandy in June 1944. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > specific operation overlord1943 sea lion1949 1943 J. Reith Diary 18 Sept. (1975) vi. 310 Meeting..about a ridiculous Churchill demand for a twenty-five per cent increase in Overlord (invasion of Europe) force. 1948 C. Falls Second World War xxiv. 219 The title given to the plan for the invasion of the European Continent from the west, Operation Overlord, possessed a special significance. It was the over-riding operation. 1961 E. Waugh Unconditional Surrender iii. ii. 239 ‘Overlord’, that one huge hazardous offensive operation on which, it seemed, the fate of the world depended. 1991 Raids Nov. 24/3 After the Great Patriotic War, STAVKA studied in minute details the German and Allied airborne operations, with Overlord and Market Garden receiving special attention. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). overlordv. Brit. /ˈəʊvəlɔːd/, /ˌəʊvəˈlɔːd/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈlɔrd/ Forms: see over- prefix and lord v. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: over- prefix, lord v. Etymology: < over- prefix + lord v., after overlord n. or to lord over (see lord v. 4a). Compare earlier overlordship v. N.E.D. (1904) gives only the pronunciation (ō^uvəɹlǭ·ɹd) /əʊvəˈlɔːd/. transitive. To rule as an overlord; to domineer over; to lord it over; to exercise authority over. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > oppression > oppress [verb (transitive)] > domineer over lord1563 overlord?1574 ride1576 overswaya1586 predomineer1594 to set (put) the dice upon1598 lord1671 to ride (also run) roughshod1778 domineer1796 ?1574 C. Vitell Comœdia iv. 15 For he shalbe distressed and ouer lorded quyt. 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 144 When Zedekiah was over-lorded by his Nobles, he could neither save himselfe nor his people. 1881 A. Roberts Comp. Rev. V.N.T. ii. iv. 74 His will overlorded..by an alien might. 1959 Catholic Herald 27 Nov. 5/3 The Ukrainians of Kiev..resisted the attempts of the Moscow Orthodox Patriarchate to overlord them. 1970 Daily Tel. 11 May 16/5 The appointment of a single executive to overlord the Dutch and British ends of the business would represent a major switch. 2000 Evening Chron. (Newcastle) (Nexis) 11 Apr. 41 Tommy Craig is responsible for overlording the final development of young talent. Derivatives ˈoverlorded adj. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > [adjective] > ruled or governed by superior power overswayeda1625 mastered1693 overlorded1913 1913 Science 10 Oct. 514/2 The overlorded universities of America have no such right. 1966 Economist 24 Sept. 1234/3 They were feeling too overlorded. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1175v.?1574
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