支配者
解説 Definition
overlords は overlord（支配者、君主）の複数形です。特に他者や地域を強い権力で支配する人々を指し、歴史や物語の文脈でよく使われます。
Overlords are rulers who exercise dominant authority over other people, subordinate rulers, or territories. The plural noun is common in historical, political, and fictional contexts and often suggests oppressive or far-reaching control.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 overlord に規則的な複数語尾 -s を付けた形で、語末は有声音の後なので /z/ と発音します。over「上位」＋ lord「領主」と分け、「他の領主や人々の上に立つ支配者」を描きましょう。regional overlords、pay taxes to overlords のような歴史・物語の場面で覚えると、単なる leaders より強圧的な響きも残ります。
Overlords is the regular plural of overlord: add -s, pronounced /z/ after the voiced final sound. Split the base word into over and lord, and picture rulers positioned over lesser lords or over an entire region. This captures the historical idea of superior authority and the modern fictional sense of powerful, often oppressive, masters. Remember combinations such as regional overlords, serve the overlords, and pay taxes to several overlords. The word is stronger and more ominous than leaders, because it usually implies domination rather than ordinary guidance or elected responsibility.
例文
The local farmers paid taxes to several overlords.
地元の農民たちは、複数の支配者に税を納めていました。
In the novel, the overlords controlled the mountain villages.
その小説では、支配者たちが山間の村々を支配していました。
The treaty reduced the power of the regional overlords.
その条約によって、地域の支配者たちの力は弱まりました。
overlords の類義語・関連語
overlords の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 ofer（上）+ hlāford（パンの守護者→主人）から成る複合語。lordは hlāf（パン）+ weard（番人）が語源で、家臣に食を与える者の意。overlordは「領主の上に立つ支配者」。関連語: landlord, lordship。
Overlord is a compound of over and lord, denoting a lord who stands above subordinate lords or subjects. Lord developed from Old English hlaford, historically connected with hlaf, “loaf,” and weard, “guardian,” reflecting the household head as a provider or keeper of bread. The compound came to express superior feudal authority and later broadened to powerful or oppressive rulers. Overlords is its regular plural.
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