overman

American  

[oh-ver-muhn, oh-ver-man, oh-ver-man] / ˈoʊ vər mən, ˈoʊ vərˌmæn, ˌoʊ vərˈmæn /

noun

plural

overmen

1. a foreman, supervisor, or overseer.

2. a superman.

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verb (used with object)

overmanned, overmanning

1. to oversupply with men, especially for service.

   Indiscriminate hiring had overmanned the factory.

overman British  

verb

1. (tr) to supply with an excessive number of men

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noun

1. a man who oversees others

2. the Nietzschean superman

Etymology

Origin of overman

1200–1250; Middle English (noun); see over-, man

Example Sentences

The overwhelming tendency was to deploy one at the back and one in midfield, a 3-5-2 that allowed a side to overman in the centre of its defensive and midfield thirds.

From The Guardian • Feb. 21, 2017

The 36-year-old was an overman, the third in rank of the officers down the pit.

From BBC • Nov. 3, 2016

She had seen him in his hour of strength, that hour when the overman makes half-gods out of mortals.

From The Stolen Singer by Bellinger, Martha Idell Fletcher

“Hadn’t we better turn down here now, Master Hexton?” said the overman.

From Son Philip by Anonymous

Father had been an overman there, but was doing better now above ground.

From Recollections of Geoffrey Hamlyn by Kingsley, Henry