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OVERLORD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does overlord mean?
• OVERLORD (noun)
The noun OVERLORD has 1 sense:
1. a person who has general authority over others
Familiarity information: OVERLORD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who has general authority over others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Hypernyms ("overlord" is a kind of...):
ruler; swayer (a person who rules or commands)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "overlord"):
feudal lord; seigneur; seignior (a man of rank in the ancient regime)
Derivation:
overlordship (the position of overlord)
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