Overling

Definitions

1
A superior.
But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died, …
2
A ruler; master.

Word Origin

From over + -ling on analogy with underling, or as a revived or dialectal term from Middle English overling (“a superior”). By surface analysis, over + -ling.

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Overling

Definitions

nounoverlings

1
A superior.
But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died, …
2
A ruler; master.

Word Origin

From over + -ling on analogy with underling, or as a revived or dialectal term from Middle English overling (“a superior”). By surface analysis, over + -ling.

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