overruler en · NOUN
Etymology
From overrule + -er? over- + ruler?
Meanings
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Someone or something that controls, governs, or determines.
But necessity, the only overruler of affections, did force her then gently to unfold herself from those sweet embracements
a. 1587 (date written), Phillip Sidney [i.e., Philip Sidney], An Apologie for Poetrie. […], London: […] [James Roberts] for Henry Olney, […], published 1595, →OCLC; republished as Edward Arber, editor, An Apologie for Poetrie (English Reprints), London: [Alexander Murray & Son], 1 April 1868, →OCLC:
- Someone who overrules.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| overrulers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |