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overlordship

overlordship noun: the position or quality of being an overlord.

Noun

overlordship (countable and uncountable, plural overlordships)

  1. The position or quality of being an overlord.
  2. The realm of overlords.

overlordship meaning in Tamil and Malay

overlordship in Tamil

மேலாளுமை

overlordship in Malay

being an overlord
ketuanan

Forms of overlordship

pluraloverlordships

Origin of overlordship

From Middle English owr lardschip, equivalent to overlord + -ship.

Questions about overlordship

What does overlordship mean?
Overlordship means the position or quality of being an overlord.
What is overlordship in Tamil?
Overlordship in Tamil is மேலாளுமை. See Overlordship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overlordship?
Overlordship is a noun.
What is the plural of overlordship?
The plural of overlordship is overlordships.

Words near overlordship in the dictionary

  1. overlord
  2. overlorded
  3. overlording
  4. overlordliness
  5. overlords
  6. overlordship
  7. overlordships
  8. overloud
  9. overloudly
  10. overloudness
  11. overlove

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overlordship (page history and authors); overlordship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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