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overman
[ noun oh-ver-muhn oh-ver-man verb oh-ver-man ]
noun
, plural o·ver·men [oh, -ver-m, uh, n, oh, -ver-men].
- a foreman, supervisor, or overseer.
- a superman.
verb (used with object)
, o·ver·manned, o·ver·man·ning.
- to oversupply with men, especially for service:
Indiscriminate hiring had overmanned the factory.
overman
verb
- tr to supply with an excessive number of men
noun
- a man who oversees others
- the Nietzschean superman
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Example Sentences
At this period, Simon Ford, the former overman of the Dochart pit, bore the weight of sixty-five years well.
From Project Gutenberg
The racial will, as we have seen, must be taught to aim at the Overman.
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A superior tenant rarely sent more than two men to the bedrip, or two men and an overman, that is a foreman.
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But, on the other hand, I do believe that each one of us is going to grow into an Overman—in a quite different sense.
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She had seen him in his hour of strength, that hour when the overman makes half-gods out of mortals.
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