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overlord

[oh-ver-lawrd] / ˈoʊ vərˌlɔrd /


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"I think Your Idol is such a banger," says Kang about song the Saja Boys sing while feeding the souls of their audience to the evil overlord Gwi-Ma.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2025

In the sequel panel, the tables have turned: The same guy is chained in a postapocalyptic hellscape while the woman lounges happily with her robot overlord, smugly nibbling chocolates.

From Slate • Aug. 31, 2025

It’s fairly obvious who Hawley channeled to create Prodigy’s overlord, whereas Sandra Yi Sencindiver’s Yutani fits a concept; she’s all silk tailoring and iron will.

From Salon • Aug. 5, 2025

A golden bracteate, a kind of thin, ornamental pendant, which carried an inscription that read, “He is Odin’s man,” likely referring to an unknown king or overlord.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 8, 2023

The Valkyries, with their leader Brunnhilde, are the warrior daughters of Wotan, a Zeus-like overlord, and have the second opera of the sequence named after them.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall




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