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overruler

noun

Etymology

From overrule + -er? over- + ruler?

  1. derived from *h₃réǵeti✻
  2. derived from regula
  3. derived from riule
  4. inherited from reule
  5. prefixed as overrule — “over + rule”
  6. suffixed as overruler — “overrule + er”

Definitions

  1. Someone or something thay controls, governs, or determines.

    • But necessity, the only overruler of affections, did force her then gently to unfold herself from those sweet embracements

  2. Someone who overrules.

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