overrulern.
/ˌəʊvəˈruːlə/, U.S. /ˌoʊvə(r)ˈrulər/ 1. A person who controls, directs, or overrules others; one who holds supreme authority. Also figurative.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > person or state ruling over another
mistressa1393
overrulera1586
suzerain1807
society > authority > control > person in control > [noun]
mastereOE
shepper1377
commandera1400
convoyer1488
comptroller?1536
controllera1540
controller-general1562
bridler1570
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a1586 Sir P. Sidney Apol. Poetrie (1595) sig. C4v Then loe, did proofe the ouer ruler of opinions, make manifest, that all these are but seruing Sciences.
1603 J. Davies Microcosmos 107 (note) Policy (vnder God) is the overruler of all vnder heave.
1695 J. Edwards Disc. conc. Old & New-Test. III. viii. 358 The Wise Over-ruler of the World.
1857 S. Nott Slavery & Remedy 44 The philanthropist is mad who..undertakes to overrule the great Overruler himself.
1874 A. Helps Social Pressure (1875) xxv. 400 He that hath a fellow-ruler, hath an over-ruler.
a1930 R. Bridges Poet. Wks. (1936) 439 God the Father Almighty, Man's Maker and Judge, Overruler of Fortune.
1995 Amer. Hist. Rev. 100 205/2 The thirty-year reign..which transformed the state, in fact and in the eyes of the British overrulers, into a ‘modern and progressive’ polity.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > powerful ruler
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1647 N. Ward Simple Cobler Aggawam 22 States are unstated, Rulers growne Over-rulers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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