Definitions for overlord

overlord o·ver·lord

Spelling: [oh-ver-lawrd]
IPA: /ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd/

Overlord is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 124 anagrams from letters in overlord (deloorrv).

Definitions for overlord

noun

  1. a person who is lord over another or over other lords:
  2. a person of great influence, authority, power, or the like:

verb (used with object)

  1. to rule or govern arbitrarily or tyrannically; domineer.

Origin of overlord

Middle English word dating back to 1150-1200; See origin at over-, lord

Examples for overlord

Ramiro del' Orca is a traitor who is plotting the death of his overlord.

That is, not the overlord himself, but the gentlefolks that were with the overlord.

Now, and for the first time, I knew the sea, and the men who overlord the sea.

He retired to a neighbouring village and became the overlord of the district.

To “link up the beachheads and peg out claims well inland” was necessarily the first aim of overlord.

Man is becoming the overlord of the mineral, vegetable and animal kingdoms.

The second school, mostly American, claims equally unequivocally that no such strategy was written into the overlord plans.

But Lund was their overlord, their better, and they knew it.

This tension between outcast and overlord is at the heart of our sweeping change into a tech-driven, spiritually infused economy.

Hufan is under pressure from his overlord to provide ample booty.

Word Value for overlord
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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