overwhelmern.
/ˌəʊvəˈwɛlmə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈ(h)wɛlmər/ A person who or thing which overwhelms; a conqueror.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > victor or conqueror > [noun]
masterc1230
conqueror1307
victora1340
overcomerc1350
scomfitera1400
vanquisher1474
vainquer1481
conquestora1513
dauntera1522
overwhelmera1522
discomfiter1528
overwinner1535
cock1542
victorer1553
triumphant1562
triumphera1569
vanquer1570
Tamerlane?1572
defeater1582
vanqueror1583
triumphator1611
conquesor1641
conquestora1670
debellator1713
reconqueror1777
subjugator1795
conquistador1830
the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming > one who or that which
quenchera1382
hammer1382
suppresser1543
suppressor1560
quench-coal1615
pulverizer1635
stifler1642
smotherer1648
queller1804
overwhelmer1807
cold douche1835
squelcher1854
putter-down1869
steamroller1896
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1960) xii. ix. 108 Fers Achilles..That was ourquhelmar of king Pryamus ring [= kingdom].
1803 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1006 The Romans were..inferior to their barbarian Overwhelmers.
1807 A. Seward Lett. (1811) VI. 357 It is not in the power of that universal overwhelmer [time] to push him from my memory.
1898 G. B. Shaw You never can Tell iv. 309 Oh dear, you are a regular overwhelmer! Do you always go on like this?
1984 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 43 616 Overwhelmer of tasks, virtuoso on the telephone, restless nurturer of dozens of people.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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