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benevolent overlords

benevolent overlords is the plural of benevolent overlord.

Meaning of benevolent overlord

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

Questions about benevolent overlords

What is benevolent overlords the plural of?
Benevolent overlords is the plural of benevolent overlord.

Words near benevolent overlords in the dictionary

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

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