overlord
noun
over·lord
ˈō-vər-ˌlȯrd 
1
: a lord over other lords : a lord paramount
2
a
: an absolute or supreme ruler
b
: one having great power or authority
a corporate overlord
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He is the overlord of the underground gambling industry.
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Anya Jaremko-Greenwold, The Week Us, theweek, 5 July 2024
But some are starting to worry whether he can be trusted not to accidentally create an AI overlord that views humans as a lower life form.
—Beth Greenfield, Fortune, 1 July 2024
Advertisement This chef-first MO is mildly irritating to his corporate overlords.
—Jamie Feldmar, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
The bulk of non-Russians in the former Soviet borderlands want less and less to do with their former overlord and certainly do not want to be reabsorbed by it.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 18 Apr. 2024
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overlord
noun
over·lord
ˈō-vər-ˌlȯ(ə)rd
1
: a lord who rules over other lords
2
: an absolute or supreme ruler
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