Synonyms for overlord

Grammar : Noun

Spell : oh-ver-lawrd

Phonetic Transcription : ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd

Définition of overlord

Origin : c.1200, from over- + lord (n.). Chosen 1943 as the Allied code-word for the D-Day invasion of northern France.

noun tyrant

Example sentences :

Ramiro del' Orca is a traitor who is plotting the death of his overlord.
Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini

Man is becoming the overlord of the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms.
Extract from : « Dreams » by Henri Bergson

Now, and for the first time, I knew the sea, and the men who overlord the sea.
Extract from : « The Mutiny of the Elsinore » by Jack London

That is, not the overlord himself, but the gentlefolks that were with the overlord.
Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich

He retired to a neighbouring village and became the overlord of the district.
Extract from : « The Empire of the East » by H. B. Montgomery

But Lund was their overlord, their better, and they knew it.
Extract from : « A Man to His Mate » by J. Allan Dunn

Can the overlord rede the heart of the villein that feedeth him?
Extract from : « Long Will » by Florence Converse

Hence the Mercian king must then have been the overlord of London.
Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 16, Slice 8 » by Various

Stand, whoever you are, in the name of the overlord of Croixilia!
Extract from : « Captured at Tripoli » by Percy F. Westerman

No addition could be made to the house without the consent of the overlord.
Extract from : « Social Life in England Through the Centuries » by H. R. Wilton Hall

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