Overruler

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Someone or something thay controls, governs, or determines.

    "But necessity, the only overruler of affections, did force her then gently to unfold herself from those sweet embracements"

  2. 2
    Someone who overrules.

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"But necessity, the only overruler of affections, did force her then gently to unfold herself from those sweet embracements"

Etymology

From overrule + -er? over- + ruler?

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