overlord

1. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as an overlord, you mean that they have great power and are likely to use it in a bad way. 主子[書面] [usu with supp]

We really don't want to be the overlords of the Palestinian population. 我們真的不想當(dāng)巴勒斯坦人的主子。

2. N-COUNT In former times, an overlord was someone who had power over many people. (舊時(shí)的)大領(lǐng)主

Henry II was the first king to be recognized as overlord of Ireland. 亨利二世是第一位被承認(rèn)為愛爾蘭大領(lǐng)主的國王。