Meaning of 'overlord' in Xhosa is: uphethe

overlord: uphethe

Noun:

inkosi, uphethe, inja phezulu, uThixo, Igama lomnini, mhlaba, ukumkani, utata, isithixo.

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Noun(1) a person who has general authority over others

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(1) His position once secured (which took some years), his conduct in all the kingdoms except Northumbria and Wessex seems to have been more that of a direct ruler than a remote overlord .(2) We worship our newly enlarged, all powerful, democratically elected mayoral overlord .(3) the undisputed overlord of the crime family(4) A feudal magnate could exercise more power over his tenants than the king who was his overlord .(5) William inherited a financial system which brought him the income from royal lands, the revenues from justice, and his dues as overlord .(6) The grant of the lordship of Ireland could be interpreted as leaving the papacy as ultimate feudal overlord and thus make possible a native appeal against the king of England.(7) Like it or not, we're going to have to work together to stop this overlord .(8) Charles was overlord of vast territories in Europe(9) There had been a storm, though, I think, and the ship had run aground on an island ruled by some sort of nasty feudal overlord .(10) The pope went on in 1303 to confirm the disputed choice of Albert of Hapsburg as Holy Roman Emperor and announce that the emperor was overlord of all other rulers, including the king of France.(11) I wish him luck and hope he's allowed to put out a mag that he doesn't have to compromise on because of some corporate overlord 's interference.(12) Rather than flaunting his authority, he is more of a learned peer, and beer drinker, than overlord .(13) It's the same way I often have to leave the house when we have someone come by and clean for us - I feel guilty just sitting there like some imperialist overlord , watching them work.(14) The anti-hero this time around is Lord Zetta, a brazen, arrogant jerk of an overlord who inadvertently destroys his own netherworld and ends up getting trapped inside a book.(15) It's like it's been programmed into my skull and some mysterious overlord is controlling my actions.(16) With the help of his feudal overlord Henry I of France, William, aged twenty, crushed the revolt on the field of Vales Dunes, near Caen.