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benevolent overlord

benevolent overlord noun: a person in a position of power who does not act tyrannically.

Noun

benevolent overlord (plural benevolent overlords)

  1. (idiomatic) A person in a position of power who does not act tyrannically.
    • Ever since our benevolent overlords, the Japanese, began to panic everything has been all turned around.1990, Hisao Kimura with Scott Berry, Japanese agent in Tibet: my ten years of travel in disguise, page 103
    • Look, the benevolent overlord attitude might have gone a lot further for you back in the day, but don't even think you can use it on me.2007, Lara Adrian, Kiss of Midnight, page 279

Forms of benevolent overlord

pluralbenevolent overlords

Questions about benevolent overlord

What does benevolent overlord mean?
Benevolent overlord means a person in a position of power who does not act tyrannically.
What part of speech is benevolent overlord?
Benevolent overlord is a noun.
What is the plural of benevolent overlord?
The plural of benevolent overlord is benevolent overlords.

Words near benevolent overlord in the dictionary

  1. benevolent absolutism
  2. benevolent assimilation
  3. benevolent assimilations
  4. benevolent dictator for life
  5. benevolent dictators for life
  6. benevolent overlord
  7. benevolent overlords
  8. benevolently
  9. benevolentness
  10. benevolism
  11. benevolist

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