overlord
to rule or govern arbitrarily or tyrannically; domineer.
Origin of overlord
1Other words from overlord
- o·ver·lord·ship, noun
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How to use overlord in a sentence
We also consulted with a few long-time office workers who have tried every K cup their corporate overlords agreed to order them.
The program the ship is part of is known as Ghost Fleet overlord.
The most compelling military tech stories from the land, air, and sea this year | Rob Verger | December 19, 2021 | Popular-ScienceTo Evans, who helped lead the charge, it was just the latest iteration of exploitation from more powerful overlords.
So it gave this close relationship with creators because it felt like no corporate overlords were looking down on them.
Future of TV Briefing: How the TV ad measurement landscape has changed since summer | Tim Peterson | November 24, 2021 | DigidayFor that to happen, the new trustbusters will have to make the case that even if we like what our digital overlords are doing with our data, it’s still wrong for a small number of companies to control so much of it.
What does breaking up Big Tech really mean? | James Surowiecki | June 30, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
The 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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis school states unequivocally that this strategy was included in the final overlord plans.
Blood in the Sand: When James Jones Wrote a Grunt’s View of D-Day | James Jones | November 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo “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 | THE DAILY BEASTThis 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 | THE DAILY BEASTChina in Tibet has always been, like Britain in India and Spain in the Americas, an alien overlord.
A strapping fellow like myself, not so bad-looking, oft hath his uses not indented in the bond to his overlord.
Robert Annys: Poor Priest | Annie Nathan MeyerEdward on being called in to award the crown required all concerned to acknowledge him as feudal overlord.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) GeorgeBut what happens when some really bright overlord decides to by-pass his local enemies?
Victory | Lester del ReyAs ruler of the nation the high priest paid its tribute to Egypt, its overlord.
He laid claim to being the king of kings, the overlord of the world, the ruler of the 'four quarters of the earth.'
Elements of Folk Psychology | Wilhelm Wundt
British Dictionary definitions for overlord
/ (ˈəʊvəˌlɔːd) /
a supreme lord or master
Derived forms of overlord
- overlordship, noun
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