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overrulers

overrulers is the plural of overruler.

Meaning of overruler

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.

Questions about overrulers

What is overrulers the plural of?
Overrulers is the plural of overruler.

Words near overrulers in the dictionary

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

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