overlord

noun over·lord \ ˈō-vər-ˌlȯrd \

|Updated on: 7 Aug 2018

Examples: overlord in a Sentence

Definition of overlord

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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overlordship

play \ˈō-vər-ˌlȯrd-ˌship, ˌō-vər-ˈlȯrd-\ noun

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Examples of overlord in a Sentence

He is the overlord of the underground gambling industry.

Recent Examples of overlord from the Web

But once Armie Hammer enters the picture as the overlord of the nefarious corporation behind the telemarketing outfit, the movie loses its way in a welter of surreality.

— peter rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, "'Sorry to Bother You' eventually loses its way in a welter of surreality," 5 July 2018
Moonves, 68, who had been friendly with Shari, 64, until suing NAI on May 14 to block the Viacom merger, has never been comfortable with her as overlord.

— paul bond, The Hollywood Reporter, "Behind Leslie Moonves' Crusade to Save CBS From Viacom," 23 May 2018
Barry’s skills at taking advantage of these traits allow him to befriend and negotiate with his new overlords, allowing him to survive and even thrive in this world.

— shannon liao, The Verge, "In The Robots of Gotham, AI has taken over the world — and become exactly like us," 7 July 2018
As if succumbing to a technological Stockholm syndrome, even nonfuturists have begun apologizing for the sin of humanity, accepting the superiority of their new robotic overlords, planning their own obsolescence.

— abigail shrier, WSJ, "Is It ‘Human Error’ When a Robot Fouls Up?," 15 June 2018
But our Seattle e-commerce overlords have trained us to expect it in mid-July.

— the editors of gq, GQ, "Amazon Prime Day 2018: Everything You Need to Know," 3 July 2018
The evil space pageant overlord is named Kevin Charles Patterson (the real founder of San Diego Fringe) and the acts auditioning for the pageant include some Globutes, who conduct an onstage anal probe on an unsuspecting audience member.

— pam kragen, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego International Fringe Festival gets off to a smooth and diverse start," 25 June 2018
The orchestra's music often sounds like a chorus of beep-boops, or worse: Some compositions create screechy, metallic sounds, the noise a computer overlord would make when demolishing the human race.

— arielle pardes, WIRED, "The Aural Magic of Stanford's Laptop Orchestra," 8 June 2018
When the singularity occurs, our robot overlords might keep the punniest among us around.

— melissa mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, "Can the punniest also be the funniest?," 17 May 2018

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