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overling

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from overling

Definitions

  1. A superior.

    • But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died, …
    • Reflex laughs from the underlings present, though only grim smiles from the overlings.

  2. A ruler

    A ruler; master.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for overling. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA