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[ oh-ver-lawrd ] / ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR overlord ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna 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 overlordMiddle English word dating back to 1150–1200; see origin at over-, lord OTHER WORDS FROM overlordo·ver·lord·ship, nounWords nearby overlordoverlive, overload, overlong, overlook, overlooker, overlord, overly, overman, overmantel, overmaster, overmatch Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for overlordThe second school, mostly American, claims equally unequivocally that no such strategy was written into the Overlord plans. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of Overlord. Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day|James Jones|November 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST This tension between outcast and overlord is at the heart of our sweeping change into a tech-driven, spiritually infused economy. Can Heritage Foundation Posterboy Bono Save the GOP?|James Poulos|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST Hufan is under pressure from his overlord to provide ample booty. ‘Captain Phillips’ Is a Gripping, Award-Worthy Film|Marlow Stern|September 28, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Assuming that he was overlord of Hungary, he declared that its crown should fall to the house of Anjou. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2|Various 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. Robert Annys: Poor Priest|Annie Nathan Meyer 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. History Of Egypt From 330 B.C. To The Present Time, Volume 12 (of 12)|S. Rappoport Guthrun is now his liegeman, and Guthred will also call Alfred overlord. Wulnoth the Wanderer|Herbert Escott-Inman
British Dictionary definitions for overlordDerived forms of overlordoverlordship, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to overlordruler, chief, despot, emperor, czar, suzerain |