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How to use overlord in a sentence

16 example sentences · noun, verb

Overlord means a ruler of other rulers. Example: “The various tribal chieftains met each spring to elect an overlord that would lead them in time of war.”

Examples of overlord by meaning

nounA ruler of other rulers.

  • The various tribal chieftains met each spring to elect an overlord that would lead them in time of war.
  • The leader is the man who knows the way of the overlords but identifies with the life of the oppressed.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London...
  • When the Council finally demanded withdrawal from the asari colony of Lusia, krogan Overlord Kredak stormed off the Citadel, daring the Council to take their worlds back.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Krogan: Krogan Rebellions Codex entry

nounA feudal lord directly owed rent or personal service by a tenant of subinfeudated land, a tenant's liege lord.

  • The tenant owed a variety of obligations to his overlord—usually including military service or serjeanty—but these were gradually converted into monetary rents.

nounAnyone with overarching power or authority in a given domain.

  • The crusty old professor was overlord of the history department, and few dared to cross his will.
  • And I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.1994 February 24, David Mirkin, “Deep Space Homer”, in The Simpsons, season 5, episode 15, spoken by Kent Brockman
  • "I for one welcome our new feline overlords."2009, Charles Stross, The Jennifer Morgue, page 239

More sentences with overlord

  • My fridge even restocks itself these days. Glorious AI overlords when?From the entry when
  • 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. From the entry benevolent overlord
  • And if one acts untrustworthily while assembling the high ministers of the overlords, he will certainly not succeed.1998, Asia Major, London: Lund Humphries, page 10. From the entry untrustworthily
  • If you bargained for overlords and underpeople.1910, The Conservator - Volumes 21-22, page 51. From the entry underperson
  • Brown became overlord of much domestic policy in what Hennessy described as 'a bistellar administration with policy constellations revolving around the two stars'.2016, Anthony Seldon, Jonathan Meakin, The Cabinet Office, 1916–2018: The Birth of Modern Government. From the entry bistellar
  • That citizens would not be unrepresented, mistaxed, overlorded, or involuntarily impressed into military service put the country in a New World indeed.2008, Orville Vernon Burton, The Age of Lincoln: A History. From the entry unrepresented
  • Crusoe lived in a fortified cave, a residence suitable for a colonial overlord in savage lands, not an unarmed maroon expecting to be rescued by English sailors.2016, Andrew Lambert, “The Magical Island of Daniel Defoe”, in Crusoe’s Island: A Rich and Curious History of Pirates, Castaways and…. From the entry Robinsonian
  • As a result, the media and the public were clamoring for change, supporting the efforts of leading neoclassicals like Milton Friedman to overthrow their Keynesian overlords in the academy.2011, Steve Keen, chapter 2, in Debunking Economics — Revised and Expanded Edition: The Naked Emperor Dethroned?, London & New York: Zed…. From the entry neoclassical
  • 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. From the entry benevolent overlord

Meaning of overlord

  1. noun A ruler of other rulers.
  2. noun A feudal lord directly owed rent or personal service by a tenant of subinfeudated land, a tenant's liege lord.
  3. noun Anyone with overarching power or authority in a given domain.

Full definition of overlord

Questions about overlord in a sentence

How do you use overlord in a sentence?
Overlord is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The various tribal chieftains met each spring to elect an overlord that would lead them in time of war.”
What is a short sentence with overlord?
“If you bargained for overlords and underpeople.”
What does overlord mean?
Overlord means a ruler of other rulers.

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