-
Trending Now:
More Trending:
- transgender beleaguer scaramouch non sequitur admiral's mast
- ALL
Definition of overlord
1 : a lord over other lords : a lord paramount
2a : an absolute or supreme rulerb : one having great power or authority a corporate overlord
Explore Merriam-Webster
Examples of overlord in a Sentence
He is the overlord of the underground gambling industry.
Recent Examples of overlord from the Web
-
The concept is remarkably simple: an evil overlord forces a human (first Joel Hodgson, then Michael J. Nelson) and two robots to make fun of really bad movies.
-
But Bay has turned the Quintessons into a singular being, Quintessa (Gemma Chan), who is just some evil, generic, one-dimensional overlord who wants her magic staff back.
-
But Bay has turned the Quintessons into a singular being, Quintessa (Gemma Chan), who is just some evil, generic, one-dimensional overlord who wants her magic staff back.
-
But one move which surely wont win us too many brownie points with our future robotic overlords is to take some of their best representatives and force them to mix and serve us drinks!
-
Verbs Solar twin lost, faces swapped, Twin Peaks refocused, feline overlords welcomed.
-
Intel is the new corporate overlord for 2017, either outbidding AMD for the privilege or taking over where AMD left off—
-
There’s no simple way to describe the T-shirt and shorts worn by eating overlord Joey Chestnut after winning something called the Baked Bear World Ice-Cream Sandwich Eating Championship.
-
Banerjee, who proves invaluable in navigating the dangerous waters between the passionate rebels and their patronizing British overlords.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'overlord'. Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of overlord
13th century
OVERLORD Defined for English Language Learners
overlord
playDefinition of overlord for English Language Learners
-
: a person who has power over a large number of people
Learn More about overlord
-
Britannica English: Translation of overlord for Arabic speakers Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about overlord
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up overlord? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).
Writing? Check your grammar now!