overling

高高在上者(不友好的用语)

词形变化

overlings 复数 overlings

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A superior.

    罕用

    But the idle-minded overlings who quibbled while they died, …

  2. 2.

    A ruler; master.

    英国 方言

词源

From over + -ling on analogy with underling, or as a revived or dialectal term from Middle English overling (“a superior”). By surface analysis, over + -ling.

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