Meaning

2 senses

  1. (rare)A superior.

  2. (UK, dialectal)A ruler; master.

Origin

From over + -ling on analogy with underling, or as a revived or dialectal term from Middle

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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Forms

plural: overlings
Singularoverling
Pluraloverlings

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms
underling

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
overlapB2overlayC2overloadoverlookB2
overling — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto