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overruler

overruler noun: someone or something that controls, governs, or determines.

Noun

overruler (plural overrulers)

  1. Someone or something that controls, governs, or determines.
    • But necessity, the only overruler of affections, did force her then gently to unfold herself from those sweet embracementsa. 1587 (date written), Phillip Sidney [i.e., Philip Sidney], An Apologie for Poetrie. […], London: […] [James Roberts] for Henry Olney, […], published 1595, →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber...
  2. Someone who overrules.

Forms of overruler

pluraloverrulers

Origin of overruler

From overrule + -er? over- + ruler?

Questions about overruler

What does overruler mean?
Overruler means someone or something that controls, governs, or determines.
What part of speech is overruler?
Overruler is a noun.
What is the plural of overruler?
The plural of overruler is overrulers.

Words near overruler in the dictionary

  1. overruffing
  2. overruffs
  3. overrulable
  4. overrule
  5. overruled
  6. overruler
  7. overrulers
  8. overrules
  9. overrulest
  10. overruleth
  11. overruling

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