I. ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: Middle English, from over (III) + lord
1. : a lord that is lord over other lords or rulers : a lord paramount
when a man died leaving children under age, the overlord took over his land — G.G.Coulton
the church professed to be … overlord of all temporal sovereigns — W.H.Hamilton
2. : an absolute or supreme ruler
overlords of the financial world — American Guide Series: Ind.
Asian resentment toward the traditional white overlord — L.S.Feuer
II. | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ transitive verb
Etymology: over (I) + lord
: to lord it over : rule domineeringly : tyrannize